Monday 13 December 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 06:146:14 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:428:42 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:407:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:428:42 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 21 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
07:407:40 AM to 31:417:41 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 | 08:428:42 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | past sunrise | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 12:5412:54 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:428:42 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:41 07:417:41 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:435:43 AM | 07:407:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:435:43 AM | 06:426:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:126:12 AM | 07:407:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:407:40 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:508:50 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:3912:39 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:171:17 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:171:17 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:082:08 PM | 15:553:55 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:322:32 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 26:422:42 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |