Wednesday 28 January 2004 · Tehran, Iran
Budhavāra. Saptamī began at 18:436:43 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:278:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:087:08 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:307:30 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 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
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07:087:08 AM to 31:087:08 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 | 20:278:27 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Thu | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 22:1110:11 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:307:30 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:185:18 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:185:18 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:465:46 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:087:08 AM | 09:129:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:258:25 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:129:12 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:351:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:191:19 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:002:00 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:233:23 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:265:26 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:265:26 PM | 17:545:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:265:26 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 22:4710:47 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 26:182:18 AM+1 | 28:044:04 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |