Tuesday 12 September 2017 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 18:456:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:324:32 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:326:32 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:324:32 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:3712:37 PM
The Sun 88° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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
06:326:32 AM to 30:326:32 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 | 16:324:32 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 21:589:58 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 22:2910:29 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:324:32 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:32 06:326:32 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:574:57 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:574:57 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:215:21 AM | 06:326:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:326:32 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:588:58 AM | 09:479:47 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:349:34 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3712:37 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:501:50 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:272:27 PM | 15:573:57 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 17:105:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:416:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:416:41 PM | 20:168:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:416:41 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:416:41 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:586:58 PM | 20:288:28 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 25:011:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:143:14 AM+1 | 28:444:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |