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Wednesday 26 August 2009 · Tehran, Iran

Bhādrapada Śukla Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 02:592:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:363:36 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Muktābharaṇa Vrata

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

At sunrise

06:326:32 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:199:19 AM

Brahma gives way to Indra.

Noon

13:061:06 PM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran13:061:06 PM
At noon, 13:061:06 PM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 77° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 39% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 77° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–05:495:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:275:27 AM–06:326:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya15:173:17 PM–16:104:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:225:22 PM–19:037:03 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:407:40 PM–20:028:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:407:40 PM–20:458:45 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya07:177:17 AM–08:588:58 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:108:10 AM–09:499:49 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:2711:27 AM–13:061:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:4012:40 PM–13:321:32 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:061:06 PM–14:442:44 PMRāhu’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

Lābha06:326:32 AM–08:108:10 AMgood
Amṛta08:108:10 AM–09:499:49 AMgood
Kāla09:499:49 AM–11:2711:27 AMavoid
Śubha11:2711:27 AM–13:061:06 PMgood
Roga13:061:06 PM–14:442:44 PMavoid
Udvega14:442:44 PM–16:234:23 PMavoid
Cara16:234:23 PM–18:016:01 PMneutral
Lābha18:016:01 PM–19:407:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:407:40 PM–21:019:01 PMavoid
Śubha21:019:01 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Amṛta22:2310:23 PM–23:4511:45 PMgood
Cara23:4511:45 PM–25:061:06 AM+1neutral
Roga25:061:06 AM+1–26:282:28 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:282:28 AM+1–27:493:49 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:493:49 AM+1–29:115:11 AM+1good
Udvega29:115:11 AM+1–30:336:33 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:326:32 AM to 30:336:33 AM+1

06:326:32 AM sunrise19:407:40 PM sunsetsunrise 30:336:33 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 27:363:36 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 26:382:38 AM+1
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 09:199:19 AM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 15:113:11 PM
Vaṇijauntil 27:363:36 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:061:06 PM–14:442:44 PM
Pradoṣa 19:407:40 PM–21:079:07 PM
Niśītha 24:4212:42 AM+1–25:301:30 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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:442:44 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 08 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:079:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:301:30 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  9. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī27:36 03:363:36 AM ThuAṣṭamī
NakṣatraViśākhā26:38 02:382:38 AM ThuAnurādhā
YogaBrahma09:199:19 AMIndra
KaraṇaGara15:113:11 PMVaṇija
VāraBudhavāra30:33 06:336:33 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 604
Day length
13 h 08 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
13:021:02 PM
Moonset
22:5510:55 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:326:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM05:495:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:275:27 AM06:326:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:326:32 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:177:17 AM08:588:58 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:108:10 AM09:499:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM11:4711:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:2711:27 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:4012:40 PM13:321:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4212:42 PM13:301:30 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:061:06 PM14:442:44 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:252:25 PM17:025:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:173:17 PM16:104:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:025:02 PM19:407:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:225:22 PM19:037:03 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:407:40 PM21:079:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:407:40 PM20:028:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:407:40 PM20:458:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:4212:42 AM+125:301:30 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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