Monday 10 September 2001 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 17:125:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:135:13 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 99 of 99 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:538:53 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 47° above N. Day length 11 h 37 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:286:28 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 17:135:13 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 27:20 03:203:20 AM Tue | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 08:538:53 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:135:13 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:28 06:286:28 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:504:50 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:504:50 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:567:56 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5010:50 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:271:27 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:451:45 PM | 15:123:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:003:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:003:00 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 18:066:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:066:06 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:066:06 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:066:06 PM | 19:207:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:127:12 PM | 20:498:49 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 25:421:42 AM+1 | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |