Saturday 18 December 2004 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 14:272:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:041:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:516:51 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:041:04 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1212:12 PM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 42 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
06:516:51 AM to 30:526:52 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 | 13:041:04 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 24:55 00:5512:55 AM Sun | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 19:357:35 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:041:04 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:52 06:526:52 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:055:05 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:055:05 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:315:31 AM | 06:516:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:516:51 AM | 08:598:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:516:51 AM | 08:118:11 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:516:51 AM | 07:347:34 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:347:34 AM | 08:178:17 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:367:36 AM | 09:109:10 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:598:59 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:329:32 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 14:522:52 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:335:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:035:03 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:335:33 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:335:33 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:335:33 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |