Friday 24 September 1948 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:472:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:003:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:077:07 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:357:35 AM
Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 05 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
07:077:07 AM to 31:087:08 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 Ṣaṣṭhī | 27:00 03:003:00 AM Sat | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 07:357:35 AM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 11:4111:41 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:582:58 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:08 07:087:08 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:325:32 AM | 07:077:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:325:32 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:565:56 AM | 07:077:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:077:07 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:329:32 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:341:34 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:222:22 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:113:11 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:114:11 PM | 17:425:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:484:48 PM | 19:137:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:137:13 PM | 20:488:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:137:13 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:137:13 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 25:431:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:015:01 AM+1 | 30:406:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |