Monday 10 October 2005 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 18:356:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:574:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 45 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:495:49 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 19 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:435:43+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 | 16:574:57 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 10:2010:20 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 11:0111:01 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 05:495:49 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:014:01 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:014:01 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 07:587:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:077:07 AM | 08:328:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:587:58 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:478:47 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:112:11 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:002:00 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:452:45 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:426:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:176:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:287:28 PM | 21:009:00 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:374:37+1 AM | 30:086:08+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |