Wednesday 27 March 2019 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 10:3210:32 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:2511:25 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī 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
07:047:04 AM
Vyatīpāta gives way to Varīyān.
Noon
11:5811:58 AM
The Sun 86° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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 29:535:53 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 11:2511:25 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Thu | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 07:047:04 AM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 11:2511:25 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:434:43 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:198:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:257:25 AM | 08:568:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:267:26 AM | 09:099:09 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:198:19 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2710:27 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5811:58 AM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:026:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:475:47 PM | 19:307:30 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:026:02 PM | 19:377:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:026:02 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:026:02 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5710:57 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |