Tuesday 18 October 1977 · Luanda, Angola
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 04:584:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:442:44 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 49 of 49 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:012:01 PM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 89° above S. Day length 12 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:435:43 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 | 26:44 02:442:44 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:50 03:503:50 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 14:012:01 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:493:49 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:334:33 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:118:11 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5211:52 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:202:20 PM | 15:503:50 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:294:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:026:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:026:02 PM | 19:357:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:026:02 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:026:02 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4210:42 PM | 23:2911:29 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |