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Monday 2 December 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Saptamī

Somavāra. Saptamī began at 21:109:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4911:49 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:088:08 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3010:30 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:021:02 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:021:02 PM
At noon, 13:021:02 PM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 259° ahead of it, in Maghā, 59% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 259° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:146:14 AM–07:117:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:436:43 AM–08:088:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:4312:43 PM–13:221:22 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:402:40 PM–15:203:20 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:227:22 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:581:58 AM+1–27:463:46 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:219:21 AM–10:3510:35 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:4911:49 AM–13:021:02 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:221:22 PM–14:012:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:162:16 PM–15:303:30 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:083:08 PM–16:574:57 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta15:203:20 PM–15:593:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Amṛta08:088:08 AM–09:219:21 AMgood
Kāla09:219:21 AM–10:3510:35 AMavoid
Śubha10:3510:35 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Roga11:4911:49 AM–13:021:02 PMavoid
Udvega13:021:02 PM–14:162:16 PMavoid
Cara14:162:16 PM–15:303:30 PMneutral
Lābha15:303:30 PM–16:434:43 PMgood
Amṛta16:434:43 PM–17:575:57 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:575:57 PM–19:437:43 PMneutral
Roga19:437:43 PM–21:309:30 PMavoid
Kāla21:309:30 PM–23:1611:16 PMavoid
Lābha23:1611:16 PM–25:031:03 AM+1good
Udvega25:031:03 AM+1–26:492:49 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:492:49 AM+1–28:364:36 AM+1good
Amṛta28:364:36 AM+1–30:226:22 AM+1good
Cara30:226:22 AM+1–32:098:09 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:088:08 AM to 32:098:09 AM+1

08:088:08 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 32:098:09 AM+1
Clock
1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Saptamīuntil 23:4911:49 PM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 28:404:40 AM+1
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vaidhṛtiuntil 27:473:47 AM+1
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:3010:30 AM
Bavauntil 23:4911:49 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:219:21 AM–10:3510:35 AM
Abhijit 12:4312:43 PM–13:221:22 PM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:507:50 PM
Niśītha 24:3912:39 AM+1–25:271:27 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3510:35 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:221:22 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 49 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:507:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:271:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ViṣkambhaYoga: Vaidhṛti ends.
  11. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Saptamī23:4911:49 PMAṣṭamī
NakṣatraMaghā28:40 04:404:40 AM TuePūrva Phalgunī
YogaVaidhṛti27:47 03:473:47 AM TueViṣkambha
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:3010:30 AMBava
VāraSomavāra32:09 08:098:09 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 954
Day length
9 h 49 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:3012:30 AM+1
Moonset
12:5412:54 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:146:14 AM08:088:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:146:14 AM07:117:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:436:43 AM08:088:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:088:08 AM10:0610:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:219:21 AM10:3510:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0610:06 AM12:0312:03 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:021:02 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:3812:38 PM13:261:26 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4312:43 PM13:221:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:221:22 PM14:012:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:012:01 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:162:16 PM15:303:30 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:402:40 PM15:203:20 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:083:08 PM16:574:57 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:203:20 PM15:593:59 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:507:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:227:22 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:3912:39 AM+125:271:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:581:58 AM+127:463:46 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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