Friday 17 December 2004 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:335:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:273:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:017:01 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:273:27 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 00 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
07:017:01 AM to 31:017:01 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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 15:273:27 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:18 02:182:18 AM Sat | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 22:4410:44 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 15:273:27 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:01 07:017:01 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:015:01 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:015:01 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:315:31 AM | 07:017:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:017:01 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:169:16 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:498:49 AM | 09:259:25 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:011:01 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:461:46 PM | 14:532:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:132:13 PM | 16:014:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:014:01 PM | 18:016:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:014:01 PM | 16:314:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:014:01 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:267:26 PM | 20:578:57 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |