Friday 29 October 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:3511:35 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:4710:47 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:526:52 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4710:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:1112:11 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:526:52 AM to 30:536:53 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 | 10:4710:47 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Sat | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Siddha | 18:496:49 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 10:4710:47 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:53 06:536:53 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:055:05 AM | 06:526:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:055:05 AM | 05:595:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:325:32 AM | 06:526:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:526:52 AM | 09:009:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:128:12 AM | 09:319:31 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:009:00 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:009:00 AM | 09:429:42 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:5110:51 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 16:094:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:285:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:144:14 PM | 17:485:48 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:285:28 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:285:28 PM | 17:555:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:285:28 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 27:133:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |