Thursday 10 February 2011 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 22:0210:02 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0112:01 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:337:33 AM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
12:2512:25 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 11 h 52 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:296:29 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 | 24:01 00:0112:01 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 07:337:33 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 25:17 01:171:17 AM Fri | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:0511:05 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:29 06:296:29 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:165:16 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:296:29 AM | 07:587:58 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:279:27 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2610:26 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:541:54 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:242:24 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:113:11 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:216:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:046:04 PM | 19:497:49 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:216:21 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:216:21 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:216:21 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:354:35 AM+1 | 30:206:20 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |