Sunday 11 May 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 13:211:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0712:07 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:375:37 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0712:07 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 79° above N. Day length 12 h 24 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
05:375:37 AM to 29:375:37+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 | Śukla Saptamī | 12:0712:07 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 27:45 03:453:45 AM Mon | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 25:30 01:301:30 AM Mon | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0712:07 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:375:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:375:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:375:37 AM | 08:068:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:068:06 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:552:55 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 18:016:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:224:22 PM | 17:125:12 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:284:28 PM | 18:016:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:334:33 PM | 18:096:09 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:016:01 PM | 19:347:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:016:01 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:016:01 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:092:09+1 AM | 27:453:45+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |