Tuesday 23 October 1917 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 12:3212:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:2311:23 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 43 of 43 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami determinate
At sunrise
06:456:45 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2311:23 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 39° above S. Day length 10 h 52 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
06:456:45 AM to 30:466:46+1 AM
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 | 11:2311:23 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 27:58 03:583:58 AM Wed | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 27:13 03:133:13 AM Wed | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:2311:23 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:456:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:456:45 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:568:56 AM | 09:399:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:289:28 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:022:02 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:542:54 PM | 16:154:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 17:375:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:375:37 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:375:37 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:375:37 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:469:46 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5310:53 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |