Friday 11 September 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:303:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5612:56+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:125:12 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:507:50 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 12 h 49 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
05:125:12 AM to 29:135:13+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 24:56 00:5612:56 AM Sat | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 07:507:50 AM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 11:3811:38 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:102:10 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:13 05:135:13 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:433:43 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:433:43 AM | 04:274:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 05:125:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:125:12 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:486:48 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:467:46 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:482:48 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 18:016:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:016:01 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:016:01 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:016:01 PM | 19:087:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:596:59 PM | 20:288:28 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:543:54+1 AM | 29:235:23+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |