Sunday 21 October 2012 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 02:072:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1612:16 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 42 of 42 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:081:08 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:086:08 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 | 24:16 00:1612:16 AM Mon | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 20:528:52 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 24:22 00:2212:22 AM Mon | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:081:08 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:117:11 AM | 08:438:43 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:101:10 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:032:03 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:352:35 PM | 16:424:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:183:18 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:184:18 PM | 17:495:49 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:424:42 PM | 18:306:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:424:42 PM | 17:095:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:424:42 PM | 18:036:03 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 | 28:374:37 AM+1 | 30:116:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |