Monday 26 August 2024 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 08:018:01 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:106:10 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:106:10 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 18 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
05:495:49 AM to 29:505:50+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 | 06:106:10 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 18:256:25 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 24:47 00:4712:47 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 06:106:10 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:506:50 AM | 08:238:23 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:297:29 AM | 09:099:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:082:08 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:064:06 PM | 17:395:39 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:284:28 PM | 19:077:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:077:07 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:077:07 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:077:07 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 24:5312:53+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |