Tuesday 6 December 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 01:571:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:511:51+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:466:46 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2510:25 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 56 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
06:466:46 AM to 30:476:47+1 AM
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 | 25:51 01:511:51 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 10:2510:25 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:37 02:372:37 AM Wed | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:591:59 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:225:22 AM | 06:466:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:466:46 AM | 08:468:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:468:46 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:468:46 AM | 09:259:25 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:159:15 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:241:24 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:132:13 PM | 15:283:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:432:43 PM | 16:424:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:424:42 PM | 18:356:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:424:42 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:424:42 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:425:42 PM | 19:197:19 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2010:20 PM | 23:1711:17 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:243:24+1 AM | 29:015:01+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |