Friday 12 July 1929 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:271:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1612:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 31 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:025:02 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1612:16 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 42 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
05:025:02 AM to 29:035:03 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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 12:1612:16 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 15:033:03 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Parigha | 26:33 02:332:33 AM Sat | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:1612:16 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:483:48 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:254:25 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:074:07 AM | 05:025:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:025:02 AM | 07:597:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:536:53 AM | 08:438:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:587:58 AM | 09:329:32 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:597:59 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:597:59 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:521:52 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:493:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:044:04 PM | 17:545:54 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:484:48 PM | 19:447:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:447:44 PM | 20:598:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:447:44 PM | 20:038:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:447:44 PM | 20:408:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3811:38 PM | 25:161:16 AM+1 | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |