Tuesday 5 October 2004 · Queens, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 14:312:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:584:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 100 of 100 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:576:57 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:071:07 PM
Varīyān gives way to Parigha.
Noon
12:4412:44 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 11 h 33 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
06:576:57 AM to 30:586:58 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 16:584:58 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | past sunrise | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 13:071:07 PM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:584:58 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:58 06:586:58 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:576:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:425:42 AM | 06:576:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:576:57 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:159:15 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:159:15 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:509:50 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:102:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:321:32 PM | 15:203:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:531:53 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:373:37 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:114:11 PM | 18:306:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:306:30 PM | 20:108:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:306:30 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:306:30 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:497:49 PM | 21:379:37 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 25:081:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |