Monday 14 September 1987 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 12:5112:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:571:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:195:19 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:571:57 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 h 20 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
05:195:19 AM to 29:205:20+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 | 13:571:57 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 17:425:42 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 16:054:05 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:571:57 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:20 05:205:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:094:09 AM | 05:195:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:195:19 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:526:52 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:079:07 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:331:33 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:162:16 PM | 15:593:59 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:222:22 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:123:12 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5211:52 PM | 25:371:37+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |