Sunday 12 December 2010 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 18:146:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:428:42 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:277:27 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:555:55+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 | 20:428:42 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 18:566:56 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 24:54 00:5412:54 AM Mon | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:277:27 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:164:16 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:164:16 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5210:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:141:14 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:173:17 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:044:04 PM | 16:514:51 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:104:10 PM | 17:385:38 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:082:08+1 AM | 27:553:55+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |