Sunday 12 December 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 06:146:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:428:42 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:397:39 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0512:05 PM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 22 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
07:397:39 AM to 31:407:40 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 | past sunrise | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 12:0512:05 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 19:277:27 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:40 07:407:40 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:425:42 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:425:42 AM | 06:416:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:126:12 AM | 07:397:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:397:39 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:3912:39 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:541:54 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:412:41 PM | 15:513:51 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:463:46 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:513:51 PM | 17:015:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5210:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |