Monday 18 September 1950 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 20:178:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:585:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:215:21 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:067:06 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 12 h 27 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
05:215:21 AM to 29:225:22+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 | 17:585:58 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 25:10 01:101:10 AM Tue | Mūla |
| Yoga | Prīti | 16:394:39 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:067:06 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:483:48 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:344:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:114:11 AM | 05:215:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:215:21 AM | 07:507:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:546:54 AM | 08:278:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:507:50 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:557:55 AM | 09:259:25 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1011:10 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:071:07 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:381:38 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:282:28 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:554:55 PM | 18:256:25 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |