Sunday 23 October 1921 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Saptamī began at 03:213:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:321:32 AM+1.
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
06:456:45 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:227:22 AM
Śiva gives way to Siddha.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 39° above S. Day length 10 h 52 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
06:456:45 AM to 30:466:46 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 | Kṛṣṇa Saptamī | 25:32 01:321:32 AM Mon | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Mon | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Śiva | 07:227:22 AM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:282:28 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:005:00 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:005:00 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:456:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:456:45 AM | 08:568:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:568:56 AM | 11:0611:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:542:54 PM | 16:154:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 17:375:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:104:10 PM | 16:534:53 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:154:15 PM | 17:375:37 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:375:37 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:375:37 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:375:37 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:056:05 PM | 19:367:36 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4811:48 PM | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:133:13 AM+1 | 28:444:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |