Monday 10 September 2001 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 10:1210:12 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:1310:13 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:185:18 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1310:13 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 12 h 25 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
05:185:18 AM to 29:185:18+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 | 10:1310:13 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 20:208:20 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 24:31 00:3112:31 AM Tue | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:1310:13 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:18 05:185:18 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:324:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:094:09 AM | 05:185:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:185:18 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:516:51 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:491:49 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4512:45 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:041:04 PM | 14:372:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:252:25 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:055:05 PM | 18:426:42 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:531:53+1 AM | 27:283:28+1 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |