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Saturday 18 December 2004 · Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Saptamī

Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 13:271:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0412:04 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mitra Saptamī

Saptamī covers 38 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:0412:04 PM

Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 73° above S. Day length 12 h 29 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTangerang11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 84° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 45% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 84° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:044:04 AM–04:504:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:274:27 AM–05:365:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1512:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:551:55 PM–14:452:45 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:034:03 PM–17:375:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:286:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:147:14 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika05:365:36 AM–07:097:09 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta05:365:36 AM–06:266:26 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta06:266:26 AM–07:167:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya06:366:36 AM–08:108:10 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla08:438:43 AM–10:1710:17 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:241:24 PM–14:572:57 PMYama’s part of the day

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla05:365:36 AM–07:097:09 AMavoid
Śubha07:097:09 AM–08:438:43 AMgood
Roga08:438:43 AM–10:1710:17 AMavoid
Udvega10:1710:17 AM–11:5011:50 AMavoid
Cara11:5011:50 AM–13:241:24 PMneutral
Lābha13:241:24 PM–14:572:57 PMgood
Amṛta14:572:57 PM–16:314:31 PMgood
Kāla16:314:31 PM–18:046:04 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:046:04 PM–19:317:31 PMgood
Udvega19:317:31 PM–20:578:57 PMavoid
Śubha20:578:57 PM–22:2410:24 PMgood
Amṛta22:2410:24 PM–23:5011:50 PMgood
Cara23:5011:50 PM–25:171:17+1 AMneutral
Roga25:171:17+1 AM–26:432:43+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:432:43+1 AM–28:104:10+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:104:10+1 AM–29:365:36+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36+1 AM

05:365:36 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:365:36+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 12:0412:04 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 23:5511:55 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 18:356:35 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 12:0412:04 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 23:4011:40 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:438:43 AM–10:1710:17 AM
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1512:15 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:377:37 PM
Niśītha 23:2611:26 PM–24:1412:14+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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1710:17 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1512:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  5. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 29 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:377:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1412:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  11. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī12:0412:04 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā23:5511:55 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi18:356:35 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaVaṇija12:0412:04 PMViṣṭi
VāraŚanivāra29:36 05:365:36 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 892
Day length
12 h 29 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:3311:33 AM
Moonset
23:5711:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:044:04 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:044:04 AM04:504:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:274:27 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:365:36 AM08:068:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day05:365:36 AM07:097:09 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta05:365:36 AM06:266:26 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:266:26 AM07:167:16 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:366:36 AM08:108:10 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:068:06 AM10:3510:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:438:43 AM10:1710:17 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:051:05 PM15:353:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:241:24 PM14:572:57 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:551:55 PM14:452:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:034:03 PM17:375:37 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:377:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:286:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:147:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2611:26 PM24:1412:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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