Friday 17 December 2004 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 02:272:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:041:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:449:44 AM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
11:4911:49 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58+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 | 25:04 01:041:04 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 13:181:18 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 09:449:44 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:401:40 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:266:26 AM | 07:577:57 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:257:25 AM | 08:538:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:188:18 AM | 09:059:05 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:461:46 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:134:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:415:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:415:41 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:415:41 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:415:41 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:367:36 PM | 21:109:10 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:035:03+1 AM | 30:376:37+1 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |