Friday 27 October 2017 · Budapest, Hungary
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 08:468:46 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:1511:15 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:207:20 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1511:15 AM
Saptamī gives way to Aṣṭamī.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 30° 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
07:207:20 AM to 31:227:22 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 | 11:1511:15 AM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 23:1211:12 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 16:024:02 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:1511:15 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:22 07:227:22 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:315:31 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:315:31 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:585:58 AM | 07:207:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:207:20 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:378:37 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:239:23 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:291:29 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:184:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 17:345:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:024:02 PM | 17:505:50 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:345:34 PM | 19:257:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:345:34 PM | 18:026:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:345:34 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:353:35 AM+1 | 29:215:21 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |