Friday 25 November 1960 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 14:282:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3012:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:237:23 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3012:30 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1412:14 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 41 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
07:237:23 AM to 31:247:24+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 | 12:3012:30 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 17:475:47 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 28:51 04:514:51 AM Sat | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:3012:30 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:237:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:237:23 AM | 09:199:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:537:53 AM | 09:259:25 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:368:36 AM | 09:499:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:199:19 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:199:19 AM | 09:589:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0111:01 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 15:513:51 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:045:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:045:04 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:045:04 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:045:04 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4612:46+1 AM | 26:192:19+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |