Wednesday 3 October 2007 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 08:368:36 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:466:46 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:466:46 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 11 h 42 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:266:26+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 | 06:466:46 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 25:27 01:271:27 AM Thu | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 15:183:18 PM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 06:466:46 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:26 06:266:26 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:464:46 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:464:46 AM | 05:355:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:115:11 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:458:45 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:527:52 AM | 09:209:20 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:458:45 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1410:14 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:261:26 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:423:42 PM | 17:155:15 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:076:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:076:07 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:076:07 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:076:07 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |