Tuesday 14 May 1940 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 19:207:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:465:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:084:08 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
04:204:20 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 14 h 57 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
04:084:08 AM to 28:074:07 AM+1
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 | 17:465:46 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 04:204:20 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 20:448:44 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 06:366:36 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:07 04:074:07 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:562:56 AM | 04:084:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:562:56 AM | 03:323:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:143:14 AM | 04:084:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:084:08 AM | 07:087:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:087:08 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:087:08 AM | 08:078:07 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:527:52 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:062:06 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:213:21 PM | 17:135:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:064:06 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:384:38 PM | 18:106:10 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4210:42 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:501:50 AM+1 | 27:233:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |