Thursday 8 May 2003 · Tehran, Iran
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 04:244:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:344:34 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:327:32 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 13 h 50 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:056:05 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 | 28:34 04:344:34 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 25:58 01:581:58 AM Fri | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 07:327:32 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 16:354:35 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:255:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:055:05 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:066:06 AM | 07:507:50 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:219:21 AM | 11:0111:01 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:349:34 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:4310:43 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:242:24 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:294:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:193:19 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:154:15 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 19:567:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:197:19 PM | 20:598:59 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:567:56 PM | 21:179:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:567:56 PM | 20:168:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:567:56 PM | 20:578:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 25:251:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |