Tuesday 23 October 2001 · Queens, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 08:298:29 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0010:00 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 43 of 43 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami determinate
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0010:00 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 47 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:177:17 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 | 10:0010:00 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 29:11 05:115:11 AM Wed | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 28:17 04:174:17 AM Wed | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:0010:00 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:17 07:177:17 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:305:30 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:305:30 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:259:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:259:25 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:259:25 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:589:58 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3311:33 AM | 13:191:19 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3912:39 PM | 14:002:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:441:44 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:213:21 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:543:54 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0810:08 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |