Thursday 2 October 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 13:031:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0111:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami boundary
At sunrise
05:265:26 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3310:33 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
11:2311:23 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
05:265:26 AM to 29:275:27 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 | 11:0111:01 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 18:486:48 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 10:3310:33 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:0111:01 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:27 05:275:27 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:265:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:265:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:265:26 AM | 07:497:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:265:26 AM | 06:566:56 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:142:14 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:222:22 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:221:22 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:102:10 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:572:57 PM | 17:205:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:175:17 PM | 18:486:48 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:205:20 PM | 18:576:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:205:20 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:205:20 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:064:06 AM+1 | 29:395:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |