Friday 4 September 2015 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:0610:06 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:587:58 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:236:23 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:587:58 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:4912:49 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 12 h 50 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
06:236:23 AM to 30:246:24+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 | 07:587:58 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 26:55 02:552:55 AM Sat | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 19:337:33 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 07:587:58 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:24 06:246:24 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:236:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:236:23 AM | 08:578:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:008:00 AM | 09:369:36 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:578:57 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:578:57 AM | 09:499:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:4812:48 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:141:14 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:052:05 PM | 16:394:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:572:57 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:223:22 PM | 16:554:55 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:014:01 PM | 17:375:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:394:39 PM | 19:137:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:137:13 PM | 20:438:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:137:13 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:137:13 PM | 20:208:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2512:25+1 AM | 25:131:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 26:092:09+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |