Friday 18 October 1996 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 06:086:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:114:11+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:162:16 PM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
12:2612:26 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 11 h 58 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:276:27+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 | 28:11 04:114:11 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 28:42 04:424:42 AM Sat | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 14:162:16 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:115:11 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:504:50 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:504:50 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:567:56 AM | 09:269:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:508:50 AM | 09:389:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5610:56 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:014:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:023:02 PM | 16:334:33 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 16:554:55 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:014:01 PM | 18:256:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:256:25 PM | 20:018:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:256:25 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:256:25 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 24:5012:50+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 25:391:39+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |