Friday 13 April 1917 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:048:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:446:44 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:277:27 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:2812:28 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 13 h 08 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:525:52+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 | 18:446:44 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 20:408:40 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 20:118:11 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 07:277:27 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:105:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:318:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:327:32 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:318:31 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:318:31 AM | 09:249:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4910:49 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:272:27 PM | 16:004:00 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:453:45 PM | 17:245:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 19:027:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:027:02 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:027:02 PM | 19:247:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:027:02 PM | 20:078:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:077:07 PM | 20:408:40 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 24:5112:51+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |