Sunday 7 October 2012 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 12:1812:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:362:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:362:36 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 01 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
05:405:40 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 14:362:36 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Mon | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Parigha | 28:35 04:354:35 AM Mon | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:362:36 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:307:30 AM | 09:179:17 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:431:43 PM | 15:293:29 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:104:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:415:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:044:04 PM | 16:524:52 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:104:10 PM | 17:415:41 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:415:41 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:415:41 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:415:41 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |