Monday 10 October 2005 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 13:051:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:2711:27 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami boundary
At sunrise
06:076:07 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2711:27 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:5111:51 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 29 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
06:076:07 AM to 30:086:08 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 | 11:2711:27 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:41 03:413:41 AM Tue | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 26:52 02:522:52 AM Tue | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:2711:27 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:524:52 AM | 06:076:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:076:07 AM | 08:248:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:337:33 AM | 08:598:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:248:24 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2510:25 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:171:17 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:461:46 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:581:58 PM | 15:303:30 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:322:32 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 18:016:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0711:07 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |