Wednesday 14 January 2004 · Tehran, Iran
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 21:559:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:568:56 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:299:29 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 58 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
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07:147:14 AM to 31:147:14 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 20:568:56 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 19:497:49 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 14:292:29 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:299:29 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:14 07:147:14 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:225:22 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:225:22 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:505:50 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:147:14 AM | 09:149:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:298:29 AM | 09:449:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:149:14 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:131:13 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:531:53 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 13:541:54 PM | 15:293:29 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:133:13 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:125:12 PM | 19:047:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:125:12 PM | 17:405:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:125:12 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 27:333:33 AM+1 | 29:065:06 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |