Friday 21 December 2001 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 01:091:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:423:42+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:595:59 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:116:11 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
11:5111:51 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 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
05:595:59 AM to 30:006:00+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 | 27:42 03:423:42 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 06:116:11 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 20:218:21 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:262:26 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:595:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:595:59 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:277:27 AM | 08:558:55 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:208:20 AM | 09:079:07 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:221:22 PM | 15:103:10 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 16:154:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:435:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:435:43 PM | 19:217:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:435:43 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:435:43 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:1512:15+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 25:571:57+1 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |