Friday 25 September 2009 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 21:599:59 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4411:44 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:176:17 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4710:47 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 12 h 02 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
06:176:17 AM to 30:186:18 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 | 23:4411:44 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 18:206:20 PM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 21:069:06 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:4710:47 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:424:42 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:424:42 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:065:06 AM | 06:176:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:176:17 AM | 08:428:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:477:47 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:428:42 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:428:42 AM | 09:309:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:448:44 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4810:48 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:301:30 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:192:19 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:193:19 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:553:55 PM | 18:196:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:196:19 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:196:19 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:196:19 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:153:15 AM+1 | 29:025:02 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |