Thursday 9 October 1997 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 09:119:11 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:478:47 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami determinate
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:446:44 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
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06:106:10 AM to 30:106:10+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 | 08:478:47 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 06:446:44 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:478:47 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:106:10 AM | 07:387:38 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:069:06 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0510:05 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 14:592:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:361:36 PM | 15:113:11 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 17:555:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:555:55 PM | 19:337:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:555:55 PM | 18:206:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:555:55 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:0711:07 PM | 24:4212:42+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |