Sunday 21 October 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 02:072:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1612:16 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:081:08 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5412:54 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 26 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 24:16 00:1612:16 AM Mon | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 20:528:52 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 24:22 00:2212:22 AM Mon | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:081:08 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:305:30 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:305:30 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:117:11 AM | 08:438:43 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:289:28 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:022:02 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 17:115:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:184:18 PM | 17:495:49 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 18:376:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:055:05 PM | 17:515:51 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:115:11 PM | 18:376:37 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:376:37 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:376:37 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:376:37 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 25:181:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:374:37 AM+1 | 30:116:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |