Thursday 25 January 2007 · Tehran, Iran
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 17:355:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:303:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 110 of 110 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:303:30 PM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 35° above S. Day length 10 h 14 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:097:09 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 | 15:303:30 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Fri | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 26:37 02:372:37 AM Fri | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 15:303:30 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:278:27 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:139:13 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:3410:34 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:331:33 PM | 14:502:50 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:402:40 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:245:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:245:24 PM | 19:147:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:245:24 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:245:24 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3610:36 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 27:093:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |