Monday 3 October 2011 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 12:4112:41 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:3311:33 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:556:55 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
11:4211:42 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 12 h 02 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
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05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40 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 | 11:3311:33 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 17:275:27 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 06:556:55 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:3311:33 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:534:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:117:11 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:121:12 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:302:30 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:523:52 PM | 17:275:27 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:133:13 AM+1 | 28:514:51 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |