Thursday 12 February 1970 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:5811:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 107 of 107 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5611:56 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 37 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
07:147:14 AM to 31:137:13 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 | 23:5811:58 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 28:46 04:464:46 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 16:464:46 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:5611:56 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:13 07:137:13 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:545:54 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:147:14 AM | 09:229:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:147:14 AM | 08:348:34 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:229:22 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:4710:47 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:521:52 PM | 15:123:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:012:01 PM | 15:393:39 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:192:19 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:013:01 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:443:44 PM | 17:515:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:515:51 PM | 19:387:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:515:51 PM | 18:186:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:515:51 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5111:51 PM | 25:291:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |