Monday 14 December 1942 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 16:314:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:123:12 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:168:16 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3910:39 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 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
08:168:16 AM to 32:178:17 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 | 15:123:12 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 10:3910:39 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 13:191:19 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:123:12 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:17 08:178:17 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:136:13 AM | 08:168:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:136:13 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:446:44 AM | 08:168:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:168:16 AM | 09:599:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:219:21 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:261:26 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:391:39 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:352:35 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 16:524:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:524:52 PM | 18:566:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:524:52 PM | 17:235:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:524:52 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:015:01 PM | 18:366:36 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:332:33 AM+1 | 28:094:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |