Wednesday 6 February 1957 · Queens, New York, United States
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 05:265:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:156:15+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 94 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:017:01 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:484:48 PM
Śubha gives way to Śukla.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 18 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
07:017:01 AM to 31:007:00+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 | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 19:137:13 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 16:484:48 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:565:56 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:00 07:007:00 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:017:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:017:01 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:188:18 AM | 09:359:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:5310:53 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3211:32 AM | 13:151:15 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:572:57 PM | 16:404:40 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:195:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:195:19 PM | 19:087:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:195:19 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:195:19 PM | 18:416:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:135:13+1 AM | 30:536:53+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |