Friday 28 November 2014 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 04:164:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:082:08 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4111:41 AM
Dhruva gives way to Vyāghāta.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 43 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:016:01 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 | 26:08 02:082:08 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 26:18 02:182:18 AM Sat | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 11:4111:41 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:113:11 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:01 06:016:01 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:217:21 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:307:30 AM | 09:009:00 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:528:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:352:35 PM | 16:434:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:314:31 PM | 18:016:01 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:434:43 PM | 18:296:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:434:43 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:434:43 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |