Thursday 20 May 2010 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:498:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:014:01 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:547:54 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 15 h 11 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
04:014:01 AM to 28:004:00 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 | 20:498:49 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 21:509:50 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 07:547:54 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 09:559:55 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:512:51 AM | 04:014:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:512:51 AM | 03:263:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:083:08 AM | 04:014:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:014:01 AM | 07:047:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:014:01 AM | 05:555:55 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:047:04 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:497:49 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:059:05 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 15:253:25 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:093:09 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 19:127:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:127:12 PM | 20:238:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:127:12 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:127:12 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:198:19 PM | 21:509:50 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |