Saturday 12 October 2002 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 23:4211:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0511:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 47 of 47 minutes of the first muhūrta after sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:359:35 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:2512:25 PM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | 23:0511:05 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 12:1112:11 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 09:359:35 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 11:1811:18 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:336:33 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:336:33 AM | 08:018:01 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:336:33 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:207:20 AM | 08:078:07 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:299:29 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3610:36 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:351:35 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:531:53 PM | 15:213:21 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:222:22 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:563:56 PM | 18:176:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:176:17 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:176:17 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:176:17 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:579:57 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |