Tuesday 29 September 1953 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 18:296:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:515:51 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 71 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:355:35 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:046:04 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 41° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
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05:355:35 AM to 29:375:37+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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 17:515:51 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 17:435:43 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 13:041:04 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 06:046:04 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:583:58 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:583:58 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:355:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:355:35 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:577:57 AM | 08:448:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:338:33 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:558:55 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4112:41 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 15:563:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:033:03 PM | 17:255:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:255:25 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:255:25 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:255:25 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1810:18 PM | 23:0611:06 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:252:25+1 AM | 28:044:04+1 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |