Sunday 8 December 2013 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 01:401:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:5211:52 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4212:42 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4511:45 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:535:53 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 | 23:5211:52 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 28:47 04:474:47 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 17:555:55 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:4212:42 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4511:45 AM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:142:14 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:412:41 PM | 16:094:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:375:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:034:03 PM | 16:504:50 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:094:09 PM | 17:375:37 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:375:37 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:375:37 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:375:37 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:539:53 PM | 23:2511:25 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |