Sunday 8 October 1978 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 05:425:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:423:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:126:12 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:434:43 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 40 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
06:126:12 AM to 30:126:12 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 | 27:42 03:423:42 AM Mon | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 23:3711:37 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 26:25 02:252:25 AM Mon | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:434:43 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:12 06:126:12 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:334:33 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:334:33 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 06:126:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:126:12 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:278:27 AM | 09:589:58 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:291:29 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:244:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:184:18 PM | 17:055:05 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:244:24 PM | 17:525:52 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:335:33 PM | 19:047:04 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0610:06 PM | 23:3711:37 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |