Saturday 12 October 2002 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 04:124:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:353:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 52 of 52 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
14:052:05 PM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 59° above N. Day length 12 h 53 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 29:395:39 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 | 27:35 03:353:35 AM Sun | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 16:414:41 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 14:052:05 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:483:48 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:405:40 AM | 07:177:17 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:405:40 AM | 06:326:32 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:326:32 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:548:54 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:241:24 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:441:44 PM | 15:203:20 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:162:16 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:063:06 PM | 16:414:41 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:346:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:346:34 PM | 20:038:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:346:34 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:346:34 PM | 19:407:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4211:42 PM | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:272:27 AM+1 | 28:054:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |