Sunday 21 October 2012 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 21:079:07 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:167:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:088:08 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 25 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36 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 | 19:167:16 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 15:523:52 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 19:227:22 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:088:08 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:553:55 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:553:55 AM | 04:454:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:204:20 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:365:36 AM | 07:537:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:537:53 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:131:13 PM | 13:581:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:102:10 PM | 15:353:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:442:44 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:303:30 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:353:35 PM | 17:015:01 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:426:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3711:37 PM | 25:111:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |