Thursday 18 October 2007 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 21:549:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1011:10 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 46 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3610:36 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 11 h 31 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:535:53 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 | 23:1011:10 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 26:09 02:092:09 AM Fri | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 12:0712:07 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 10:3610:36 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:525:52 AM | 07:197:19 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:458:45 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:439:43 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4210:42 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:051:05 PM | 14:312:31 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:331:33 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:202:20 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:063:06 PM | 17:245:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:245:24 PM | 19:047:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:245:24 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:245:24 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:009:00 PM | 22:4310:43 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |