Thursday 20 May 2010 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 18:006:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:493:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:474:47 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
04:554:55 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 13 h 27 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
04:474:47 AM to 28:474:47 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 | 15:493:49 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 16:504:50 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 24:03 00:0312:03 AM Fri | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 04:554:55 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:47 04:474:47 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:233:23 AM | 04:054:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:443:44 AM | 04:474:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:474:47 AM | 07:297:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:474:47 AM | 06:286:28 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:176:17 AM | 07:477:47 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:297:29 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:509:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:522:52 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:451:45 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:392:39 PM | 15:333:33 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:193:19 PM | 16:504:50 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:333:33 PM | 18:146:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:146:14 PM | 19:387:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:146:14 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:146:14 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:074:07 AM+1 | 29:375:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |