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Monday 9 December 2013 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Saptamī

Somavāra. Saptamī began at 13:401:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5211:52 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mitra Saptamī

Saptamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:437:43 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5211:52 AM

Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.

Noon

13:011:01 PM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 37 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:011:01 PM
At noon, 13:011:01 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 85° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 45% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 85° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:565:56 AM–06:496:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:236:23 AM–07:437:43 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:539:53 AM–11:2511:25 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:4012:40 PM–13:231:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:303:30 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:206:20 PM–18:476:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:206:20 PM–19:407:40 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:029:02 AM–10:2210:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:4211:42 AM–13:011:01 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:231:23 PM–14:052:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:212:21 PM–15:413:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:303:30 PM–16:124:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya23:0511:05 PM–24:3912:39 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

Amṛta07:437:43 AM–09:029:02 AMgood
Kāla09:029:02 AM–10:2210:22 AMavoid
Śubha10:2210:22 AM–11:4211:42 AMgood
Roga11:4211:42 AM–13:011:01 PMavoid
Udvega13:011:01 PM–14:212:21 PMavoid
Cara14:212:21 PM–15:413:41 PMneutral
Lābha15:413:41 PM–17:005:00 PMgood
Amṛta17:005:00 PM–18:206:20 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:206:20 PM–20:008:00 PMneutral
Roga20:008:00 PM–21:419:41 PMavoid
Kāla21:419:41 PM–23:2111:21 PMavoid
Lābha23:2111:21 PM–25:021:02 AM+1good
Udvega25:021:02 AM+1–26:422:42 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:422:42 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Amṛta28:234:23 AM+1–30:036:03 AM+1good
Cara30:036:03 AM+1–31:437:43 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:437:43 AM to 31:437:43 AM+1

07:437:43 AM sunrise18:206:20 PM sunsetsunrise 31:437:43 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 11:5211:52 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāuntil 16:474:47 PM
Pūrva Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 27:363:36 AM+1
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 11:5211:52 AM
Viṣṭiuntil 23:1211:12 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:029:02 AM–10:2210:22 AM
Abhijit 12:4012:40 PM–13:231:23 PM
Pradoṣa 18:206:20 PM–20:078:07 PM
Niśītha 24:3812:38 AM+1–25:261:26 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 10:2210:22 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  4. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:231:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Pūrva BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Śatabhiṣā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 37 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:078:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:261:26 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī11:5211:52 AMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣā16:474:47 PMPūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVajra27:36 03:363:36 AM TueSiddhi
KaraṇaVaṇija11:5211:52 AMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra31:43 07:437:43 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2070
Śaka
1935
Kali
5114
Ahargaṇa
1 868 170
Day length
10 h 37 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
12:5112:51 PM
Moonset
25:041:04 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:565:56 AM07:437:43 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:565:56 AM06:496:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:236:23 AM07:437:43 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:437:43 AM09:509:50 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:029:02 AM10:2210:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:509:50 AM11:5811:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:539:53 AM11:2511:25 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:4211:42 AM13:011:01 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:3712:37 PM13:251:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4012:40 PM13:231:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:231:23 PM14:052:05 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:052:05 PM16:124:12 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:212:21 PM15:413:41 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:303:30 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:303:30 PM16:124:12 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:124:12 PM18:206:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:206:20 PM20:078:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:206:20 PM18:476:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:206:20 PM19:407:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:0511:05 PM24:3912:39 AM+1sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3812:38 AM+125:261:26 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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