Thursday 25 January 2007 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 17:055:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:003:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 105 of 105 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:206:20 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:003:00 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 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
06:206:20 AM to 30:206:20 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 | 15:003:00 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 28:55 04:554:55 AM Fri | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 26:07 02:072:07 AM Fri | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:003:00 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:20 06:206:20 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:206:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:206:20 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:206:20 AM | 07:427:42 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:039:03 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:579:57 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:081:08 PM | 14:292:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:182:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:182:18 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:023:02 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:125:12 PM | 18:576:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:125:12 PM | 17:395:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:125:12 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0610:06 PM | 23:3711:37 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:081:08 AM+1 | 26:392:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |