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Monday 21 December 2020 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Saptamī

Somavāra. Saptamī began at 17:235:23 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:466:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mitra Saptamī

Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:227:22 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:212:21 PM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

11:3811:38 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3811:38 AM
At noon, 11:3811:38 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 81° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 42% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 81° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:185:18 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:227:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2111:21 AM–11:5511:55 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:041:04 PM–13:381:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:553:55 PM–16:264:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:553:55 PM–17:275:27 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla16:524:52 PM–18:376:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:268:26 AM–09:309:30 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3410:34 AM–11:3811:38 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5511:55 AM–12:2912:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:4212:42 PM–13:461:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:381:38 PM–14:122:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta07:227:22 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Kāla08:268:26 AM–09:309:30 AMavoid
Śubha09:309:30 AM–10:3410:34 AMgood
Roga10:3410:34 AM–11:3811:38 AMavoid
Udvega11:3811:38 AM–12:4212:42 PMavoid
Cara12:4212:42 PM–13:461:46 PMneutral
Lābha13:461:46 PM–14:512:51 PMgood
Amṛta14:512:51 PM–15:553:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara15:553:55 PM–17:515:51 PMneutral
Roga17:515:51 PM–19:477:47 PMavoid
Kāla19:477:47 PM–21:429:42 PMavoid
Lābha21:429:42 PM–23:3811:38 PMgood
Udvega23:3811:38 PM–25:341:34 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:341:34 AM+1–27:303:30 AM+1good
Amṛta27:303:30 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1good
Cara29:265:26 AM+1–31:227:22 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:227:22 AM to 31:227:22 AM+1

07:227:22 AM sunrise15:553:55 PM sunsetsunrise 31:227:22 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 18:466:46 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 25:331:33 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 14:212:21 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 18:466:46 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:268:26 AM–09:309:30 AM
Abhijit 11:2111:21 AM–11:5511:55 AM
Pradoṣa 15:553:55 PM–17:585:58 PM
Niśītha 23:1411:14 PM–24:0212:02 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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:309:30 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 11:5511:55 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 33 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 17:585:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  8. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0212:02 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  11. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī18:466:46 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā25:33 01:331:33 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi14:212:21 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaVaṇija18:466:46 PMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra31:22 07:227:22 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 739
Day length
8 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:5211:52 AM
Moonset
23:0311:03 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:185:18 AM07:227:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:185:18 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:227:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:227:22 AM09:049:04 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:268:26 AM09:309:30 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:049:04 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3410:34 AM11:3811:38 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1411:14 AM12:0212:02 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2111:21 AM11:5511:55 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5511:55 AM12:2912:29 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:2912:29 PM14:122:12 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4212:42 PM13:461:46 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:041:04 PM13:381:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:381:38 PM14:122:12 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:122:12 PM15:553:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:553:55 PM17:585:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:553:55 PM16:264:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:553:55 PM17:275:27 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:524:52 PM18:376:37 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1411:14 PM24:0212:02 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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