Sunday 7 December 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 05:435:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:244:24+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2412:24 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 21° above S. Day length 8 h 43 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11+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 | 28:24 04:244:24 AM Mon | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 12:2412:24 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:58 02:582:58 AM Mon | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:584:58 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2312:23 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:421:42 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:082:08 PM | 15:523:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:432:43 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 15:523:52 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:523:52 PM | 17:555:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:523:52 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:523:52 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:287:28 PM | 21:029:02 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0811:08 PM | 23:5611:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:534:53+1 AM | 30:286:28+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |