Thursday 13 February 1997 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 00:5112:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0412:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 102 of 102 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2212:22 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 11 h 16 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
06:106:10 AM to 30:106:10+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 | 24:04 00:0412:04 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 26:23 02:232:23 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 12:4112:41 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:2212:22 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:284:28 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:544:54 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:106:10 AM | 07:357:35 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:598:59 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:569:56 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:371:37 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:131:13 PM | 14:372:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:262:26 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:265:26 PM | 19:087:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:265:26 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:265:26 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:369:36 PM | 23:1111:11 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |