Saturday 6 December 1997 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 04:484:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:053:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5812:58 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 33 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
07:227:22 AM to 31:237:23 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 | 27:05 03:053:05 AM Sun | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 12:5812:58 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 28:32 04:324:32 AM Sun | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:583:58 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:275:27 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:275:27 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:565:56 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:227:22 AM | 08:348:34 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:227:22 AM | 08:018:01 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:018:01 AM | 08:398:39 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:179:17 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:469:46 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:211:21 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:507:50 PM | 21:229:22 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:594:59 AM+1 | 30:316:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |