Tuesday 19 August 2003 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 18:016:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:318:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
04:444:44 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:157:15 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 48 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
04:444:44 AM to 28:454:45+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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 20:318:31 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 21:319:31 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 17:205:20 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:157:15 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:45 04:454:45 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:034:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:433:43 AM | 04:444:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:444:44 AM | 07:307:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:175:17 AM | 07:057:05 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:307:30 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:307:30 AM | 08:258:25 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:118:11 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:053:05 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:463:46 PM | 18:326:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:064:06 PM | 17:545:54 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:326:32 PM | 19:547:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:326:32 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:326:32 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |