Wednesday 8 October 1997 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 21:119:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:478:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:049:04 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+1 AM
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 | 20:478:47 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 16:054:05 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 18:446:44 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 09:049:04 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:044:04 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:044:04 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:408:40 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:359:35 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:272:27 PM | 16:054:05 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:361:36+1 AM | 27:113:11+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |