Monday 28 October 2002 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 13:471:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:451:45 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1710:17 AM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+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 | 13:451:45 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 10:1710:17 AM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 25:16 01:161:16 AM Tue | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:451:45 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:388:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:497:49 AM | 09:279:27 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4812:48 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:232:23 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:103:10 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:335:33 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:335:33 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:335:33 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:176:17 PM | 19:537:53 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:523:52+1 AM | 29:285:28+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |