Friday 26 January 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 06:306:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:476:47+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 110 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:208:20 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:163:16 PM
Siddha gives way to Sādhya.
Noon
13:251:25 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 11 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
08:208:20 AM to 32:208:20+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 | Śukla Saptamī | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 18:386:38 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 15:163:16 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 18:326:32 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 32:20 08:208:20 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:296:29 AM | 08:208:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:296:29 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:576:57 AM | 08:208:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:208:20 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:379:37 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:2210:22 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:261:26 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 13:021:02 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:051:05 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:461:46 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:272:27 PM | 16:294:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:073:07 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:583:58 PM | 17:155:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:124:12 PM | 17:495:49 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:294:29 PM | 18:316:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:316:31 PM | 20:218:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:316:31 PM | 18:596:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:316:31 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 25:011:01+1 AM | 25:491:49+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |