Tuesday 16 September 1919 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 21:409:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:307:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
07:077:07 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:338:33 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 12 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
07:077:07 AM to 31:087:08 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 19:307:30 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 18:476:47 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 13:541:54 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:338:33 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:355:35 AM | 07:077:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:355:35 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:585:58 AM | 07:077:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:077:07 AM | 09:379:37 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:379:37 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:379:37 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:221:22 PM | 14:552:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:372:37 PM | 17:065:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:273:27 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:463:46 PM | 17:165:16 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:294:29 PM | 18:036:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:065:06 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 21:089:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:458:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 25:381:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |