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Monday 28 August 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Bhādrapada Śukla Saptamī

Somavāra. Saptamī began at 21:429:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:3711:37 PM.

Observed here on this day

Muktābharaṇa Vrata

Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:245:24 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3610:36 AM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 79° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 40% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 79° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:563:56 AM–04:404:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:184:18 AM–05:245:24 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:289:28 AM–11:1411:14 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2811:28 AM–12:2012:20 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:572:57 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:256:25 PM–18:476:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:256:25 PM–19:317:31 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:017:01 AM–08:398:39 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1710:17 AM–11:5411:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2012:20 PM–13:121:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:321:32 PM–15:103:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:572:57 PM–15:493:49 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya23:3711:37 PM–25:251:25 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta05:245:24 AM–07:017:01 AMgood
Kāla07:017:01 AM–08:398:39 AMavoid
Śubha08:398:39 AM–10:1710:17 AMgood
Roga10:1710:17 AM–11:5411:54 AMavoid
Udvega11:5411:54 AM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Cara13:321:32 PM–15:103:10 PMneutral
Lābha15:103:10 PM–16:474:47 PMgood
Amṛta16:474:47 PM–18:256:25 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:256:25 PM–19:477:47 PMneutral
Roga19:477:47 PM–21:109:10 PMavoid
Kāla21:109:10 PM–22:3210:32 PMavoid
Lābha22:3210:32 PM–23:5511:55 PMgood
Udvega23:5511:55 PM–25:171:17 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:171:17 AM+1–26:402:40 AM+1good
Amṛta26:402:40 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1good
Cara28:024:02 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:245:24 AM to 29:245:24 AM+1

05:245:24 AM sunrise18:256:25 PM sunsetsunrise 29:245:24 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 23:3711:37 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 19:107:10 PM
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 22:4610:46 PM
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 10:3610:36 AM
Vaṇijauntil 23:3711:37 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:017:01 AM–08:398:39 AM
Abhijit 11:2811:28 AM–12:2012:20 PM
Pradoṣa 18:256:25 PM–19:537:53 PM
Niśītha 23:3111:31 PM–24:1912:19 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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:398:39 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2012:20 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 01 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:537:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  8. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1912:19 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī23:3711:37 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraViśākhā19:107:10 PMAnurādhā
YogaIndra22:4610:46 PMVaidhṛti
KaraṇaGara10:3610:36 AMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra29:24 05:245:24 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 528
Day length
13 h 01 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
11:3711:37 AM
Moonset
22:3310:33 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:563:56 AM05:245:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:563:56 AM04:404:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:184:18 AM05:245:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:245:24 AM08:008:00 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:017:01 AM08:398:39 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:008:00 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:289:28 AM11:1411:14 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1710:17 AM11:5411:54 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2811:28 AM12:2012:20 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2012:20 PM13:121:12 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:493:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:103:10 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:042:04 PM14:572:57 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:572:57 PM15:493:49 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:493:49 PM18:256:25 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:256:25 PM19:537:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:256:25 PM18:476:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:256:25 PM19:317:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3111:31 PM24:1912:19 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:3711:37 PM25:251:25 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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