Wednesday 26 September 1956 · Queens, New York, United States
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 21:519:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:198:19 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 3 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:089:08 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:4712:47 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 58 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:486:48+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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 20:198:19 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 23:5211:52 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 22:3910:39 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:089:08 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:355:35 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 09:119:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:178:17 AM | 09:479:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:119:11 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:162:16 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:581:58 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:462:46 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:233:23 PM | 16:554:55 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:224:22 PM | 18:456:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:456:45 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:456:45 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:456:45 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2312:23+1 AM | 25:111:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |