Monday 30 January 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 20:158:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4910:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 104 of 104 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:537:53 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:319:31 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 58 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
07:537:53 AM to 31:537:53 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 | 22:4910:49 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Tue | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 17:325:32 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 09:319:31 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:53 07:537:53 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:096:09 AM | 07:537:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:096:09 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:356:35 AM | 07:537:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:537:53 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:169:16 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0510:05 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:441:44 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:282:28 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:123:12 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:563:56 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:404:40 PM | 18:526:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:526:52 PM | 20:368:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:526:52 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:526:52 PM | 20:108:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:199:19 PM | 23:0711:07 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 26:432:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |