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Wednesday 26 August 2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Bhādrapada Śukla Saptamī

Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 01:291:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:062:06 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Muktābharaṇa Vrata

Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:125:12 AM

Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:497:49 AM

Brahma gives way to Indra.

Noon

11:3611:36 AM

The Sun 75° above S. Day length 12 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3611:36 AM
At noon, 11:3611:36 AM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 77° ahead of it, in Viśākhā, 39% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 77° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:433:43 AM–04:274:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:054:05 AM–05:125:12 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:523:52 PM–17:335:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:595:59 PM–18:216:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:595:59 PM–19:067:06 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya05:475:47 AM–07:287:28 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa06:486:48 AM–08:248:24 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:0010:00 AM–11:3611:36 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:1011:10 AM–12:0112:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3611:36 AM–13:111:11 PMRāhu’s part of the day

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha05:125:12 AM–06:486:48 AMgood
Amṛta06:486:48 AM–08:248:24 AMgood
Kāla08:248:24 AM–10:0010:00 AMavoid
Śubha10:0010:00 AM–11:3611:36 AMgood
Roga11:3611:36 AM–13:111:11 PMavoid
Udvega13:111:11 PM–14:472:47 PMavoid
Cara14:472:47 PM–16:234:23 PMneutral
Lābha16:234:23 PM–17:595:59 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:595:59 PM–19:237:23 PMavoid
Śubha19:237:23 PM–20:478:47 PMgood
Amṛta20:478:47 PM–22:1110:11 PMgood
Cara22:1110:11 PM–23:3611:36 PMneutral
Roga23:3611:36 PM–25:001:00 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:001:00 AM+1–26:242:24 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:242:24 AM+1–27:483:48 AM+1good
Udvega27:483:48 AM+1–29:135:13 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:125:12 AM to 29:135:13 AM+1

05:125:12 AM sunrise17:595:59 PM sunsetsunrise 29:135:13 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Saptamīuntil 26:062:06 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Viśākhāuntil 25:081:08 AM+1
Anurādhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 07:497:49 AM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 13:411:41 PM
Vaṇijauntil 26:062:06 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3611:36 AM–13:111:11 PM
Pradoṣa 17:595:59 PM–19:297:29 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00 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.

  1. SunriseSaptamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:111:11 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 46 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:297:29 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AnurādhāNakṣatra: Viśākhā ends.
  9. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Saptamī26:06 02:062:06 AM ThuAṣṭamī
NakṣatraViśākhā25:08 01:081:08 AM ThuAnurādhā
YogaBrahma07:497:49 AMIndra
KaraṇaGara13:411:41 PMVaṇija
VāraBudhavāra29:13 05:135:13 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 604
Day length
12 h 46 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
11:0711:07 AM
Moonset
21:529:52 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:433:43 AM05:125:12 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:433:43 AM04:274:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:054:05 AM05:125:12 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:125:12 AM07:467:46 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:475:47 AM07:287:28 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:486:48 AM08:248:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:467:46 AM10:1910:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:0010:00 AM11:3611:36 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:1011:10 AM12:0112:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1211:12 AM12:0012:00 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3611:36 AM13:111:11 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5212:52 PM15:253:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:253:25 PM17:595:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:523:52 PM17:335:33 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:595:59 PM19:297:29 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:595:59 PM18:216:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:595:59 PM19:067:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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