Thursday 9 September 1948 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 04:174:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:583:58 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:546:54 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:038:03 AM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
13:161:16 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 43 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
06:546:54 AM to 30:556:55 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 | 27:58 03:583:58 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 25:47 01:471:47 AM Fri | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 08:038:03 AM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:024:02 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:55 06:556:55 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:546:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 06:546:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:546:54 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:546:54 AM | 08:298:29 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:312:31 PM | 17:045:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:264:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:163:16 PM | 16:534:53 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:223:22 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:134:13 PM | 17:045:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:045:04 PM | 19:377:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:377:37 PM | 21:079:07 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:377:37 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:377:37 PM | 20:448:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 25:401:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |