Thursday 26 November 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Guruvāra. Saptamī began at 20:568:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:448:44 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:028:02 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:558:55 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:001:00 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 57 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
08:028:02 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 | 20:448:44 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 25:09 01:091:09 AM Fri | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 13:161:16 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:558:55 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 32:03 08:038:03 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:096:09 AM | 08:028:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:096:09 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:376:37 AM | 08:028:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:028:02 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:028:02 AM | 09:169:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0110:01 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3110:31 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:152:15 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:372:37 PM | 16:154:15 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:193:19 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:517:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 25:241:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |