Thursday 6 February 2014 · Tehran, Iran
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 10:1910:19 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:2910:29 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 107 of 107 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:017:01 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2910:29 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:1812:18 PM
The Sun 39° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
07:017:01 AM to 31:007:00 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 | 10:2910:29 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 28:14 04:144:14 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 26:52 02:522:52 AM Fri | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:2910:29 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:00 07:007:00 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:135:13 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:135:13 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 07:017:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:017:01 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:017:01 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:409:40 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:041:04 PM | 14:452:45 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:221:22 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:381:38 PM | 14:572:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:247:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5411:54 PM | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |