Wednesday 16 December 2026 · Pyongyang, North Korea
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 00:5012:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:162:16 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:381:38 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:507:50 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 | 26:16 02:162:16 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 17:335:33 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 17:165:16 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:381:38 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:50 07:507:50 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:535:53 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:535:53 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:429:42 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:431:43 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:155:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:155:15 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:155:15 PM | 17:455:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:155:15 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 24:5712:57 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 26:022:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |