Thursday 16 October 1980 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 23:0611:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4411:44 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 44 of 44 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:595:59 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3011:30 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 53 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
05:595:59 AM to 30:006:00+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 | 23:4411:44 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 17:185:18 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:3011:30 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 05:595:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:595:59 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:595:59 AM | 07:207:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:428:42 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:369:36 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:551:55 PM | 15:353:35 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:581:58 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:412:41 PM | 16:524:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:524:52 PM | 18:376:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:524:52 PM | 17:185:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:524:52 PM | 18:116:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5711:57 PM | 25:381:38+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |