Monday 3 October 2011 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 00:4112:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:3311:33 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:435:43 AM
Jyeṣṭhā gives way to Mūla.
Noon
11:2911:29 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 37 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:425:42 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 | 23:3311:33 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 05:435:43 AM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 18:556:55 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:0112:01 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:008:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:087:08 AM | 08:358:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:008:00 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:232:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:251:25 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:371:37 PM | 15:123:12 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:112:11 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:582:58 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:175:17 PM | 18:576:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:175:17 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:175:17 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0711:07 PM | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:523:52 AM+1 | 29:275:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |