Saturday 12 October 2002 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 21:129:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:358:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:315:31 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:057:05 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2011:20 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 11 h 39 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
05:315:31 AM to 29:315:31 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 | 20:358:35 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:419:41 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 07:057:05 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:488:48 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:523:52 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:523:52 AM | 04:424:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:315:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:315:31 AM | 07:517:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:315:31 AM | 06:586:58 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:315:31 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:176:17 AM | 07:047:04 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:517:51 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:068:06 AM | 09:419:41 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:152:15 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:171:17 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:502:50 PM | 17:105:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:105:10 PM | 18:496:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:105:10 PM | 17:345:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:105:10 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:277:27 PM | 21:059:05 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5710:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:145:14 AM+1 | 30:526:52 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |