Tuesday 18 September 2007 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 22:0110:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0012:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0311:03 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 08 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:435:43 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 | Śukla Saptamī | 24:00 00:0012:00 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | past sunrise | Mūla |
| Yoga | Prīti | 21:599:59 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:0311:03 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:084:08 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:088:08 AM | 08:578:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:458:45 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:371:37 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 16:204:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:515:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:515:51 PM | 19:267:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:515:51 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:515:51 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2510:25 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3610:36 PM | 23:2311:23 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |