Thursday 6 February 2014 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 09:499:49 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:599:59 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 103 of 103 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:156:15 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:599:59 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 07 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
06:156:15 AM to 30:146:14 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 | 09:599:59 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 27:44 03:443:44 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Fri | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:599:59 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 06:156:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:156:15 AM | 08:288:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:156:15 AM | 07:387:38 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:288:28 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:019:01 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 | 11:2411:24 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 |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:152:15 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:242:24 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:215:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:215:21 PM | 19:047:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:215:21 PM | 17:475:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:215:21 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4010:40 PM | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2411:24 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |