Wednesday 12 July 1978 · Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 03:403:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:174:17+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:088:08 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 89° above S. Day length 13 h 25 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
05:495:49 AM to 29:505:50+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 | 28:17 04:174:17 AM Thu | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 08:088:08 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Parigha | 21:209:20 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:044:04 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:464:46 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:307:30 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:5110:51 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:531:53 PM | 16:344:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:462:46 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:344:34 PM | 19:157:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:564:56 PM | 18:366:36 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:157:15 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:157:15 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:157:15 PM | 20:188:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 24:5612:56+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:003:00+1 AM | 28:404:40+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |