Monday 23 April 2007 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 02:542:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:292:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:404:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4810:48 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 57 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
04:404:40 AM to 28:394:39 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 | 26:29 02:292:29 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 26:36 02:362:36 AM Tue | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 10:4810:48 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:352:35 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:39 04:394:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:203:20 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:203:20 AM | 04:004:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:403:40 AM | 04:404:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:404:40 AM | 07:287:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:256:25 AM | 08:108:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:287:28 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:241:24 PM | 15:083:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:292:29 PM | 16:064:06 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:542:54 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:376:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:376:37 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:376:37 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:376:37 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 25:481:48 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |