Thursday 8 May 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 02:542:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:043:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:544:54 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:026:02 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 82° above S. Day length 13 h 14 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
04:544:54 AM to 28:534:53+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 | 27:04 03:043:04 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 24:28 00:2812:28 AM Fri | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 06:026:02 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:053:05 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:53 04:534:53 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:273:27 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:273:27 AM | 04:114:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:493:49 AM | 04:544:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:544:54 AM | 07:327:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:544:54 AM | 06:336:33 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:327:32 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:517:51 AM | 09:319:31 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:128:12 AM | 09:519:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:189:18 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:101:10 PM | 14:492:49 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:362:36 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 18:076:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:495:49 PM | 19:297:29 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:076:07 PM | 19:347:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:076:07 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:076:07 PM | 19:127:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |