Saturday 17 January 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 22:0410:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2010:20 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:477:47 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0610:06 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3712:37 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 41 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
07:477:47 AM to 31:467:46+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 | 22:2010:20 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 14:162:16 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Sun | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:0610:06 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:46 07:467:46 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:477:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:525:52 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:216:21 AM | 07:477:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:477:47 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:477:47 AM | 08:598:59 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:477:47 AM | 08:258:25 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:078:07 AM | 09:469:46 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:258:25 AM | 09:049:04 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:501:50 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:313:31 PM | 17:275:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:275:27 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:275:27 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:275:27 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4310:43 PM | 24:2412:24+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 25:011:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |