Monday 17 October 1988 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 05:305:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:384:38+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:335:33 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:287:28 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:1911:19 AM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 11 h 31 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
05:335:33 AM to 29:345:34+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 | 28:38 04:384:38 AM Tue | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 07:287:28 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 18:036:03 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:085:08 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:34 05:345:34 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:543:54 AM | 05:335:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:543:54 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:194:19 AM | 05:335:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:335:33 AM | 07:527:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:515:51 AM | 07:287:28 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:007:00 AM | 08:268:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:527:52 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:122:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:002:00 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:462:46 PM | 17:055:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:594:59 PM | 18:346:34 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:055:05 PM | 18:456:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:055:05 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:055:05 PM | 18:206:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:292:29+1 AM | 28:044:04+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |