Monday 19 September 2011 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 19:287:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:059:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:218:21 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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 29:425:42 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 21:059:05 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 14:302:30 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 28:05 04:054:05 AM Tue | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:218:21 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
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 | 04:314:31 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 |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:435:43 AM | 07:287:28 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:147:14 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:171:17 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:362:36 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:505:50 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:505:50 PM | 19:257:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:505:50 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:505:50 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:308:30 PM | 22:1210:12 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |