Thursday 24 August 1978 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 04:034:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:424:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:174:17 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 13 h 00 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:475:47 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 28:42 04:424:42 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 18:446:44 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 29:08 05:085:08 AM Fri | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:174:17 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:228:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:465:46 AM | 07:247:24 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:228:22 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:019:01 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0610:06 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:441:44 PM | 15:243:24 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:541:54 PM | 15:313:31 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:262:26 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:183:18 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 18:466:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:466:46 PM | 20:148:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:466:46 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:466:46 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |