Friday 13 September 2002 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 13:381:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0812:08 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoRādhāṣṭamī boundary
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0812:08 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:3512:35 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 12 h 18 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:266:26 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 | 12:0812:08 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 29:13 05:135:13 AM Sat | Mūla |
| Yoga | Prīti | 28:28 04:284:28 AM Sat | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0812:08 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:26 06:266:26 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:524:52 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:524:52 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:155:15 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:309:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:538:53 AM | 09:429:42 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0211:02 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:382:38 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 17:115:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:446:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:446:44 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:446:44 PM | 19:077:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:446:44 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:328:32 PM | 22:0710:07 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 24:5912:59 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |