Monday 6 February 1995 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 05:235:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:387:38+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 108 of 108 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:128:12 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:276:27 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:271:27 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 31 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
08:128:12 AM to 32:118:11+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 | 31:38 07:387:38 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 22:2310:23 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 22:0010:00 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 18:276:27 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:11 08:118:11 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:246:24 AM | 08:128:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:246:24 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:516:51 AM | 08:128:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:128:12 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:309:30 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:1810:18 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:271:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:031:03 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:061:06 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:481:48 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:252:25 PM | 16:114:11 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:302:30 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:462:46 PM | 16:054:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:123:12 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:553:55 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 18:436:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:585:58 PM | 19:447:44 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:436:43 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:436:43 PM | 19:107:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:436:43 PM | 20:048:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:031:03+1 AM | 25:511:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |