Tuesday 6 December 2016 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Saptamī began at 00:2712:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2112:21 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:558:55 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 37 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:076:07 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 | 24:21 00:2112:21 AM Wed | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 08:558:55 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 25:07 01:071:07 AM Wed | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:2912:29 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:148:14 AM | 08:568:56 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:042:04 PM | 15:243:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:362:36 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:124:12 PM | 17:495:49 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0510:05 PM | 22:5910:59 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:541:54 AM+1 | 27:313:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |