Wednesday 7 December 2005 · Queens, New York, United States
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 19:427:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:345:34 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:067:06 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:283:28 PM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 21 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
07:067:06 AM to 31:077:07+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 | 17:345:34 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 24:24 00:2412:24 AM Thu | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 15:283:28 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 17:345:34 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:07 07:077:07 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:095:09 AM | 07:067:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:095:09 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:067:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:067:06 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:168:16 AM | 09:279:27 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:338:33 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:5712:57 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:352:35 PM | 16:284:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| 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 |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:365:36 PM | 19:077:07 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:306:30+1 AM | 32:028:02+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |