Wednesday 20 October 2004 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 21:219:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:037:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 43 of 43 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:118:11 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 40 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:066:06 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 | 19:037:03 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 17:415:41 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 22:4910:49 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:118:11 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:115:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:257:25 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:121:12 PM | 14:422:42 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:362:36 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:141:14 AM+1 | 26:442:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |