Wednesday 4 February 1987 · Bucharest, Romania
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 04:444:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:375:37+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 113 of 113 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:327:32 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:055:05 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:2912:29 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 56 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
07:327:32 AM to 31:307:30+1 AM
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 | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 24:15 00:1512:15 AM Thu | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 26:50 02:502:50 AM Thu | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:055:05 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:30 07:307:30 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:395:39 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:395:39 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:076:07 AM | 07:327:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:327:32 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:285:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:414:41 PM | 18:226:22 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:285:28 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:285:28 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:285:28 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:038:03 PM | 21:449:44 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 24:5312:53+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |