Wednesday 28 January 2004 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 20:438:43 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2710:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 103 of 103 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:309:30 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5112:51 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 08 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17 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 | 22:2710:27 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | past sunrise | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 24:11 00:1112:11 AM Thu | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 09:309:30 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:17 07:177:17 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:355:35 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:355:35 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:006:00 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:418:41 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:152:15 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:581:58 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:432:43 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 18:266:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:266:26 PM | 20:098:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:266:26 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:266:26 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 25:151:15 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 26:322:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:184:18 AM+1 | 30:046:04 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |