Tuesday 19 February 2002 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 03:583:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:305:30+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:576:57 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:494:49 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5412:54 PM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 11 h 55 m.
sunrise to sunrise
The day and the night, each in eight parts, named by the weekday. Amṛta, Śubha and Lābha are good to begin things in; Cara is neutral; Udvega, Kāla and Roga are avoided.
Day sunrise to sunset
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57+1 AM
Times after midnight keep counting: 27:31 is 03:31 tomorrow, and still today.A time marked +1 is after midnight: tomorrow by the calendar, and still today.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Saptamī | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 20:358:35 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 20:118:11 PM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:494:49 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 06:576:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:576:57 AM | 09:209:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:209:20 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:209:20 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:569:56 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:242:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:062:06 PM | 16:294:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:203:20 PM | 17:055:05 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:533:53 PM | 17:235:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:294:29 PM | 18:526:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:526:52 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:526:52 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:526:52 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 25:181:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |