Tuesday 20 November 2012 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 12:0112:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5010:50 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5010:50 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 48 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 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 | 10:5010:50 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 26:12 02:122:12 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 23:4411:44 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:5010:50 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:255:25 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:255:25 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:535:53 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 09:559:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:459:45 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:261:26 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:065:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:503:50 PM | 17:265:26 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:065:06 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:065:06 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:065:06 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4810:48 PM | 23:4411:44 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |