Monday 30 September 1957 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 13:201:20 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:281:28 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:226:22 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:281:28 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
06:226:22 AM to 30:236:23 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 | Śukla Saptamī | 13:281:28 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 17:305:30 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:281:28 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:23 06:236:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:335:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:095:09 AM | 06:226:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:226:22 AM | 08:448:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:477:47 AM | 09:279:27 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:507:50 AM | 09:199:19 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:448:44 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:281:28 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:451:45 PM | 15:143:14 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:152:15 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:023:02 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:126:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:495:49 PM | 19:297:29 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:126:12 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:126:12 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:126:12 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5010:50 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |