Friday 20 November 1936 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:389:38 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0010:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:478:47 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 13 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50+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 Ṣaṣṭhī | 22:0010:00 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 08:478:47 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Sat | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:549:54 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 08:398:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:079:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:398:39 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:398:39 AM | 09:169:16 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5312:53 PM | 14:322:32 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:441:44 PM | 14:532:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:112:11 PM | 16:024:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:024:02 PM | 18:006:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:024:02 PM | 16:324:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:024:02 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4510:45 PM | 24:2412:24+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |