Tuesday 16 October 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 07:057:05 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:179:17 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 45 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:506:50 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 11 h 18 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:006:00 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 | 09:179:17 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 17:235:23 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 06:506:50 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:179:17 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:158:15 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:498:49 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:031:03 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0112:01 PM | 13:481:48 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4612:46 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:321:32 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:282:28 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:023:02 PM | 17:185:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:185:18 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:185:18 PM | 17:435:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:185:18 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2310:23 PM | 23:1411:14 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:252:25 AM+1 | 28:134:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |