Wednesday 4 October 2000 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 22:2810:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:4412:44+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:285:28 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3311:33 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:2311:23 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
05:285:28 AM to 29:285:28+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 | 24:44 00:4412:44 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 27:13 03:133:13 AM Thu | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 11:5711:57 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:3311:33 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:394:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:285:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:285:28 AM | 07:497:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:566:56 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:219:21 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:552:55 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:175:17 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:175:17 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:175:17 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:048:04 PM | 21:529:52 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:261:26+1 AM | 27:133:13+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |