Friday 1 October 1999 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śukravāra. Saptamī began at 03:173:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:021:02 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
07:087:08 AM
Saptamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:072:07 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 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 | 25:02 01:021:02 AM Sat | Aṣṭamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 22:2410:24 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 15:533:53 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:072:07 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:09 07:097:09 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:315:31 AM | 07:087:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:315:31 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:087:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:087:08 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:368:36 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:309:30 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:031:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:261:26 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:102:10 PM | 15:403:40 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:004:00 PM | 17:295:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:354:35 PM | 18:576:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:576:57 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:576:57 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:576:57 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:226:22 AM+1 | 31:537:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |