Friday 31 August 1900 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:541:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:368:36 AM
Brahma gives way to Indra.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 06 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51 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 | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Sat | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 11:1511:15 AM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Brahma | 08:368:36 AM | Indra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:5512:55 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:234:23 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:234:23 AM | 05:075:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:454:45 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:505:50 AM | 08:288:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 07:297:29 AM | 09:079:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:288:28 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:288:28 AM | 09:209:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 10:4510:45 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijit | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:421:42 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:342:34 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:403:40 PM | 17:185:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:194:19 PM | 18:566:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 17:255:25 PM | 19:117:11 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 18:566:56 PM | 20:238:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:566:56 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:566:56 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 24:4812:48 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 28:004:00 AM+1 | 29:465:46 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |