Monday 12 September 1960 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 15:363:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:175:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 90 of 90 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:145:14 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:175:17 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 12 h 45 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
05:145:14 AM to 29:155:15 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 17:175:17 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 23:2111:21 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 23:3511:35 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:175:17 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:15 05:155:15 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:443:44 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:443:44 AM | 04:294:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:064:06 AM | 05:145:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:145:14 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:496:49 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:342:34 PM | 16:194:19 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:342:34 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:287:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:216:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:507:50 PM | 21:369:36 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |