Thursday 13 February 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 05:515:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:045:04 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 106 of 106 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:048:04 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:225:22 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:271:27 PM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 10 h 47 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
08:048:04 AM to 32:038:03 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 | 29:04 05:045:04 AM Fri | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Fri | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 17:415:41 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 17:225:22 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 32:03 08:038:03 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:186:18 AM | 08:048:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:186:18 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:456:45 AM | 08:048:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:048:04 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:048:04 AM | 09:259:25 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:1310:13 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:031:03 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:061:06 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:322:32 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:482:48 PM | 16:094:09 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:583:58 PM | 16:424:42 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:424:42 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:025:02 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:516:51 PM | 20:378:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:516:51 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:516:51 PM | 20:108:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 25:511:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:362:36 AM+1 | 28:114:11 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |