2010 July 29 - Thursday - 5770 Av 18
Location: San Francisco
Daf Yomi: Shevuot 32
Times are listed according to the GR"A (Vilna Gaon), where daytime starts at hanetz and ends at shkiah.
This is the commonest option; it may be changed, and times customized, below.
Shaah Zmanit 70.9027777778 civil minutes in proportional hour (1/12th of daytime period)
Alot Hashachar 4:38am Daybreak (sun 16.1° below horizon) - daytime fasts begin, start of daytime according to Magen Avraham
Tallit 5:11am The earliest time for tallit and tefillin (sun 11° below horizon)
Hanetz HaChamah 6:10am Sunrise, start of daytime according to GR"A
Sof Zman Sh'ma 9:43am The latest time to recite Sh'ma - 3 proportional hours after start of daytime
Sof Zman Tefillah 10:54am The latest time for Shacharit - 4 proportional hours after start of daytime
Shacharit: Many add
Morid haTal.
Tein B'racha. Long tachanun. Torah. 3
aliyot for Ekev.
Aliyot: I. Deut. 7:12-21. II. 7:22-8:3. III. 8:4-10.
Chatzot 1:15pm Midway between start and end of daytime
Mincha: Many add
Morid haTal.
Tein B'racha. Tachanun.
Mincha Gedolah 1:51pm Earliest permitted mincha - Chatzot plus 30 strict proportional (also proportional) minutes - alternative
1:45pm - 30 fixed minutes
Mincha Ketanah 5:24pm Earliest time to recite mincha according to certain authorities - 2.5 proportional hours before end of daytime
Plag Haminchah 6:52pm Earliest time for ma'ariv (and Shabbat) according to Rabbi Judah - 1.25 proportional hours before end of daytime
5770 Av 19
Maariv: Many add
Morid haTal.
Tein B'racha.
Shkiah 8:21pm Sunset - end of daytime for GR"A
Tzeit Hakochavim 8:50pm Nightfall (sun 5.95° below horizon) - daytime fasts end,
mikvah permitted, end of daytime for Magen Avraham