Wednesday 24 August 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 03:093:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4712:47 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:504:50 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:571:57 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 44 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
04:504:50 AM to 28:514:51 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 16:044:04 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 25:17 01:171:17 AM Thu | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:571:57 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:51 04:514:51 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 03:283:28 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 03:283:28 AM | 04:094:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 03:483:48 AM | 04:504:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 04:504:50 AM | 07:357:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 06:336:33 AM | 08:168:16 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 07:357:35 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 09:599:59 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kāla | 11:3511:35 AM | 13:051:05 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:4211:42 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:041:04 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:591:59 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:493:49 PM | 18:346:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:346:34 PM | 19:567:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:346:34 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:346:34 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 27:203:20 AM+1 | 28:504:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |