Friday 16 September 1938 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 01:451:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0812:08 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
05:425:42 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5912:59 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 12 h 21 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:435:43 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 | 24:08 00:0812:08 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 22:4710:47 PM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 17:185:18 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:5912:59 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:094:09 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:094:09 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:157:15 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:108:10 AM | 09:009:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:582:58 PM | 16:304:30 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:043:04 PM | 16:374:37 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:367:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:427:42 PM | 21:149:14 PM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:064:06 AM+1 | 29:385:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |