Thursday 20 December 1917 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 05:235:23 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:113:11 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5510:55 AM
Śatabhiṣā gives way to Pūrva Bhādrapadā.
Noon
13:071:07 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 34 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:507:50 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 | 27:11 03:113:11 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 10:5510:55 AM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Fri | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:164:16 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:50 07:507:50 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:026:02 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:026:02 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:296:29 AM | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:569:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:497:49 AM | 09:099:09 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:569:56 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2810:28 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:311:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:102:10 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:262:26 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:174:17 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:554:55 PM | 18:256:25 PM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 25:311:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:551:55 AM+1 | 27:253:25 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |