Saturday 12 September 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śanivāra. Saptamī began at 00:5612:56 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:4910:49 PM.
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
05:135:13 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:086:08 AM
Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 12 h 45 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
05:135:13 AM to 29:155:15+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 | 22:4910:49 PM | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 06:086:08 AM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 08:348:34 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 11:4911:49 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:15 05:155:15 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:443:44 AM | 05:135:13 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:443:44 AM | 04:294:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:064:06 AM | 05:135:13 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:135:13 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:135:13 AM | 06:496:49 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:135:13 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:046:04 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:121:12 PM | 14:472:47 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:263:26 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:297:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:216:21 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:199:19 PM | 22:5010:50 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:521:52+1 AM | 27:233:23+1 AM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |