Wednesday 17 July 1991 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:341:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:2612:26 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 44 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:035:03 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:148:14 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 25 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
05:035:03 AM to 29:045:04+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 | 12:2612:26 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 08:148:14 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Parigha | 13:311:31 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:2612:26 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:04 05:045:04 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:553:55 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:553:55 AM | 04:294:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:124:12 AM | 05:035:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:035:03 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:596:59 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:5010:50 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:171:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:412:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:182:18 PM | 17:235:23 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:203:20 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:434:43 PM | 18:206:20 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:235:23 PM | 20:288:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:288:28 PM | 21:379:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:288:28 PM | 20:468:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:288:28 PM | 21:209:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:242:24+1 AM | 28:014:01+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |