Thursday 14 October 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 15:483:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:434:43 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 45 of 45 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:366:36 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:434:43 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 11 h 13 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
06:366:36 AM to 30:376:37 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 | 16:434:43 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:59 03:593:59 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 20:428:42 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:434:43 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:37 06:376:37 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:366:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:366:36 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:366:36 AM | 08:008:00 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:249:24 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:132:13 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:201:20 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:371:37 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:502:50 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 17:495:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:495:49 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:495:49 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:495:49 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4910:49 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |