Friday 28 October 1983 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 02:182:18 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3512:35+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī does not reach moonrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:156:15 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:291:29 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 10 h 18 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
06:156:15 AM to 30:166:16+1 AM
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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 24:35 00:3512:35 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 21:389:38 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Siddha | 14:472:47 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:291:29 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:16 06:166:16 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:534:53 AM | 06:156:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:156:15 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:327:32 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:188:18 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0610:06 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:061:06 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:581:58 PM | 15:153:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:324:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:324:32 PM | 18:226:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:324:32 PM | 17:005:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:324:32 PM | 17:555:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:207:20 PM | 20:528:52 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:135:13+1 AM | 30:446:44+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |