Tuesday 7 December 1948 · Dakar, Senegal
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 22:1110:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3912:39+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:237:23 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2311:23 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 11 h 17 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
07:237:23 AM to 31:237:23+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 | 24:39 00:3912:39 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Wed | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 19:327:32 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:2311:23 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:066:06 AM | 07:237:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:237:23 AM | 09:389:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:389:38 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:389:38 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:152:15 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:011:01 PM | 14:262:26 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:092:09 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:513:51 PM | 17:155:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1411:14 PM | 25:021:02+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3812:38+1 AM | 25:261:26+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |