Friday 11 September 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:303:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5612:56 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:526:52 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:507:50 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 12 h 35 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 | 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 | 30:53 06:536:53 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:526:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:435:43 AM | 06:526:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:526:52 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:239:23 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 13:091:09 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:351:35 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:153:15 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:184:18 PM | 17:535:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:564:56 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:596:59 PM | 20:288:28 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:588:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:543:54 AM+1 | 29:235:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |