Thursday 6 May 1976 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 02:202:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:481:48 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:429:42 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 14 h 00 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:145:14 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 | 25:48 01:481:48 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 25:35 01:351:35 AM Fri | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 09:429:42 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:092:09 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:14 05:145:14 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:553:55 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:553:55 AM | 04:354:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:155:15 AM | 07:007:00 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:458:45 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:289:28 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:559:55 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:002:00 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:313:31 PM | 16:274:27 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:274:27 PM | 19:157:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:087:08 PM | 20:458:45 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:157:15 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:157:15 PM | 19:357:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:157:15 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |