| Sunrise. | Forenoon. | Noon. | Afternoon. | Sunset. | |
| (k’luar mata hari) | (tĕngah naik) | (tĕngah hari) | (tĕngah turun) | (waktu maghrib) | |
| (1st day) | Ahmad | Jibra’il | Ibrahim | Yusuf | ʿAzra’il |
| (2nd day) | Jibra’il | Ibrahim | Yusuf | ʿAzra’il | Ahmad |
| (3rd day) | Ibrahim | Yusuf | ʿAzra’il | Ahmad | Jibra’il |
| (4th day) | Yusuf | ʿAzra’il | Ahmad | Jibra’il | Ibrahim |
| (5th day) | ʿAzra’il | Ahmad | Jibra’il | Ibrahim | Yusuf[225] |
So in Ahmad’s division if you lose a buffalo or a bullock, it has gone to the southward and will be recovered; good news then received is true, bad news is false; the time is auspicious for any kind of work, for going on a voyage, sailing, or planting, and very profitable for trading; it is a lucky time for going to war, but you must wear white clothes and face southwards by a little east, and pray to God Almighty. Jibra’il’s time is fairly lucky too, being good for planting and profitable for trading, and if gold or silver is lost then, it will be quickly found, but there may be some trouble in getting it back; a lost buffalo or bullock has gone southwards, but will be recovered after some slight trouble; if you go to war at this time you must wear green, but must not face towards the south. Ibrahim’s time is most unlucky, and going out then is sure to involve bloodshed or other misfortune; bad news is true, good is false; things lost then will not be recovered; going to war is ruinous, and if you do go, the only way of safety is to face to the north, but it is best to stay at home altogether at this time.
Yusuf’s time is lucky in some respects, but unlucky in others; in warfare one must face towards the west, and wear yellow. ʿAzra’il’s time is most unlucky; to go to war then is most disastrous; any business pending at this ill-omened time should be postponed to a more favourable occasion.[226]
Besides these two there is a system in which each of the seven days of the ordinary week is divided into five parts, each of which is characterised by one of the words ampa, bangkei, rezki, and aral (for ʿaradl), symbolical apparently of No Success, Death, Success, and Unforeseen Obstacle.[227]
Another scheme (Katika Tujoh), based on the Seven Heavenly Bodies, divides each day into seven parts, each of which is distinguished by the Arabic name of one of the Heavenly Bodies.
The first day runs,—
| (1) | Shams | (2) | Zuhrah | (3) | ʿUtarid | (4) | Kamar |
| Sun | Venus | Mercury | Moon | ||||
| (5) | Zuhal | (6) | Mushtari | and | (7) | Mirrikh | |
| Saturn | Jupiter | Mars |
and the times are—early morning (pagi-pagi), morning (tĕngah naik), just before noon (hampir tĕngah hari), noon (tĕngah hari), afternoon (dlohr), late afternoon (ʿasr), and sunset (maghrib).
For the second day the series begins with the Moon, and goes on in the above order to Mercury; and for the third day it begins with Mars; so that each day of the week begins with its appropriate planet in the usual order, which is best seen in the French names Mardi, Mercredi, Jeudi, Vendredi, and the English Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Each of the seven divisions has its lucky or unlucky characteristics, much as in the systems already described.