Saturday 6 December 1997 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 04:484:48 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:053:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:118:11 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5812:58 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
13:041:04 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 46 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
08:118:11 AM to 32:128:12 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 | 27:05 03:053:05 AM Sun | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 12:5812:58 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 28:32 04:324:32 AM Sun | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:583:58 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 32:12 08:128:12 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:176:17 AM | 08:118:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:176:17 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:466:46 AM | 08:118:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:118:11 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:118:11 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:118:11 AM | 08:508:50 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:508:50 AM | 09:299:29 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0810:08 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:022:02 PM | 16:004:00 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:172:17 PM | 15:303:30 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:412:41 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:004:00 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:507:50 PM | 21:229:22 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 25:281:28 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:594:59 AM+1 | 30:316:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |