Saturday 24 September 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 12:5612:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:561:56 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:561:56 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 83° above S. Day length 12 h 05 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:425:42+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 | 13:561:56 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 23:2111:21 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 26:35 02:352:35 AM Sun | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:561:56 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:074:07 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:074:07 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:304:30 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:078:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:425:42 AM | 07:127:12 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:425:42 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:306:30 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:078:07 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:438:43 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:462:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:531:53 PM | 15:363:36 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:475:47 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:475:47 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:475:47 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:475:47 PM | 18:596:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |