Tuesday 28 August 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 01:331:33 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4812:48+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 4 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:567:56 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 15 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51+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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 24:48 00:4812:48 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 07:567:56 AM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 11:1211:12 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:141:14 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:298:29 AM | 09:229:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:099:09 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:072:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:463:46 PM | 17:265:26 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 20:108:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:517:51 PM | 21:269:26 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 24:5212:52+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:225:22+1 AM | 30:586:58+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |