Wednesday 20 September 2000 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 00:0512:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:2410:24 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1711:17 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 12 h 10 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:046:04 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 | 22:2410:24 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 14:162:16 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 24:22 00:2212:22 AM Thu | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:1711:17 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:04 06:046:04 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:294:29 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:294:29 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:534:53 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:336:33 AM | 08:068:06 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:357:35 AM | 09:069:06 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:401:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:221:22 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 18:146:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:146:14 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:146:14 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:146:14 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:377:37 PM | 21:089:08 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:464:46 AM+1 | 30:186:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |