Wednesday 28 January 2004 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 23:1311:13 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5712:57 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 117 of 117 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:468:46 AM
Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 26 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 31:097:09 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 | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 08:468:46 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 26:41 02:412:41 AM Thu | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:0012:00 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:435:43 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:218:21 AM | 09:329:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4210:42 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:041:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:271:27 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:432:43 PM | 16:364:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:364:36 PM | 18:326:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:364:36 PM | 17:055:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:364:36 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:173:17 AM+1 | 29:025:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:486:48 AM+1 | 32:348:34 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |