Thursday 1 December 2011 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 01:461:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:392:39 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:076:07 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:072:07 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:5911:59 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
06:076:07 AM to 30:086:08 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 | 26:39 02:392:39 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 21:359:35 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 24:25 00:2512:25 AM Fri | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:072:07 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:08 06:086:08 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:294:29 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:294:29 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:544:54 AM | 06:076:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:076:07 AM | 08:288:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:076:07 AM | 07:357:35 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:288:28 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:039:03 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0210:02 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3810:38 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:281:28 PM | 14:562:56 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:442:44 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:313:31 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3611:36 PM | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:235:23 AM+1 | 31:077:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |