Wednesday 20 February 2002 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 08:588:58 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:3010:30 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 85 of 85 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:556:55 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3010:30 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
13:341:34 PM
The Sun 63° above N. Day length 13 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
06:556:55 AM to 30:566:56 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 | 10:3010:30 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 27:14 03:143:14 AM Thu | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Indra | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Thu | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:3010:30 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 06:556:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:556:55 AM | 09:349:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:348:34 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:349:34 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5411:54 AM | 13:341:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:071:07 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:101:10 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:341:34 PM | 15:133:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:252:25 PM | 16:074:07 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:532:53 PM | 17:335:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:473:47 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:335:33 PM | 20:128:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:128:12 PM | 21:389:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:128:12 PM | 20:348:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:128:12 PM | 21:179:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 26:232:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:101:10 AM+1 | 25:581:58 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |