Saturday 4 February 2006 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:509:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 104 of 104 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2110:21 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 04 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
06:166:16 AM to 30:156:15 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 | 21:509:50 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 17:195:19 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 20:028:02 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:2110:21 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:15 06:156:15 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:166:16 AM | 07:397:39 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:166:16 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:007:00 AM | 07:447:44 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:029:02 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1910:19 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:261:26 PM | 14:592:59 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:073:07 PM | 17:205:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:205:20 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:205:20 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:205:20 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:542:54 AM+1 | 28:304:30 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |