Monday 10 October 2005 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Saptamī began at 12:3512:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5710:57 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami boundary
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5710:57 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:2111:21 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 11 h 41 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
05:305:30 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 | 10:5710:57 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:11 03:113:11 AM Tue | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Tue | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:5710:57 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:523:52 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:523:52 AM | 04:414:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:164:16 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 07:507:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:586:58 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:507:50 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:162:16 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:181:18 PM | 14:042:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:281:28 PM | 15:003:00 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:042:04 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:512:51 PM | 17:115:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:115:11 PM | 18:506:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:115:11 PM | 17:365:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:115:11 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3710:37 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5710:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |