Tuesday 10 December 2002 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 04:234:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:515:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:384:38 PM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 38 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27 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 | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | past sunrise | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 16:384:38 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:025:02 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:404:40 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:335:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:065:06 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 08:348:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:348:34 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:348:34 AM | 09:179:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:069:06 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4611:46 AM | 13:061:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:321:32 PM | 14:152:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:391:39 PM | 15:233:23 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:252:25 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:572:57 PM | 17:055:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:055:05 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:055:05 PM | 17:325:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:055:05 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2610:26 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |