Friday 26 October 1990 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 08:278:27 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:3510:35 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:385:38 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3510:35 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 19 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
05:385:38 AM to 29:395:39+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 | 10:3510:35 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 24:33 00:3312:33 AM Sat | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 19:277:27 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:3510:35 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:573:57 AM | 05:385:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:573:57 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:385:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:385:38 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:596:59 AM | 08:448:44 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:037:03 AM | 08:288:28 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:547:54 AM | 08:398:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:082:08 PM | 15:333:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:422:42 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:574:57 PM | 18:396:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:574:57 PM | 17:235:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:574:57 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:315:31 PM | 19:177:17 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:504:50+1 AM | 30:326:32+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |