Tuesday 8 November 2005 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 14:052:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0012:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:286:28 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0012:00 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 11 h 52 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
06:286:28 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 | Śukla Saptamī | 12:0012:00 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 23:4811:48 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 19:167:16 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0012:00 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:28 06:286:28 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:286:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:286:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:286:28 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:518:51 AM | 09:389:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:269:26 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:012:01 PM | 15:313:31 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:232:23 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:233:23 PM | 16:524:52 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:583:58 PM | 18:216:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:216:21 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:216:21 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:216:21 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:343:34 AM+1 | 29:055:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |