Tuesday 18 May 1926 · Queens, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 22:0910:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3312:33+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2011:20 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5212:52 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 31 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36+1 AM
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 | 24:33 00:3312:33 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 27:21 03:213:21 AM Wed | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 12:1412:14 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:2011:20 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:365:36 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:318:31 AM | 09:299:29 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:149:14 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:192:19 PM | 17:135:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:462:46 PM | 16:334:33 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:173:17 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:304:30 PM | 18:196:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:135:13 PM | 20:078:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:078:07 PM | 21:239:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:078:07 PM | 20:268:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:078:07 PM | 21:049:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:3312:33+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2712:27+1 AM | 25:151:15+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:331:33+1 AM | 27:213:21+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |