Monday 15 September 2014 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 16:104:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:364:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:205:20 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:342:34 PM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
11:2911:29 AM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 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
05:205:20 AM to 29:205:20 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 16:364:36 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 18:026:02 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 14:342:34 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:364:36 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 | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:334:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:104:10 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 07:487:48 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 | 07:487:48 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:409:40 AM | 11:2111:21 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 | 11:0411:04 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 | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:011:01 PM | 14:332:33 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:321:32 PM | 14:212:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:212:21 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:422:42 PM | 16:224:22 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |