Sunday 9 December 1956 · Queens, New York, United States
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 15:253:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:485:48 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:485:48 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 20 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09+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 | 17:485:48 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 20:358:35 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Mon | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:485:48 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:5812:58 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:202:20 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:082:08 PM | 15:183:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:362:36 PM | 16:284:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:133:13 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:183:18 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:284:28 PM | 18:256:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:284:28 PM | 16:574:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:284:28 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:373:37+1 AM | 29:225:22+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |