Tuesday 10 December 2002 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 04:234:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:515:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:384:38 PM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:096:09 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 | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | past sunrise | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 16:384:38 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:025:02 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:09 06:096:09 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:168:16 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:121:12 PM | 13:551:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:391:39 PM | 15:233:23 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:253:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:372:37 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:326:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0610:06 PM | 23:0011:00 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 25:471:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |