Monday 23 October 2073 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 21:499:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2210:22 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:246:24 AM
Śiva gives way to Siddha.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 29 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:116:11 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 | 22:2210:22 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 28:43 04:434:43 AM Tue | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Śiva | 06:246:24 AM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:1010:10 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:224:22 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:287:28 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| 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 |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:012:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:511:51 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:332:33 PM | 16:394:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:134:13 PM | 17:535:53 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:394:39 PM | 18:276:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:394:39 PM | 17:065:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:394:39 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:132:13 AM+1 | 27:533:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |