Monday 12 September 1960 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 15:363:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:175:17 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 91 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:056:05 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:175:17 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 12 h 36 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
06:056:05 AM to 30:066:06+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 | 17:175:17 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 23:2111:21 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 23:3511:35 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:175:17 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:564:56 AM | 06:056:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:056:05 AM | 08:368:36 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:397:39 AM | 09:149:14 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:368:36 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:571:57 PM | 15:323:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:292:29 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:342:34 PM | 16:194:19 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 18:416:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:416:41 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:416:41 PM | 19:047:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:416:41 PM | 19:497:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:507:50 PM | 21:369:36 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:365:36+1 AM | 31:237:23+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |