Monday 10 October 2005 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 17:355:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:573:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 45 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:209:20 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 11 h 12 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:525:52 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 | 15:573:57 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:209:20 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 10:0110:01 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:573:57 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:084:08 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:157:15 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:477:47 AM | 09:209:20 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:152:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 14:042:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:042:04 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:482:48 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 18:456:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:295:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:206:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:286:28 PM | 20:008:00 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:373:37 AM+1 | 29:085:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |