Tuesday 5 November 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:005:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:254:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:097:09 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 24 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:516:51 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 | 16:254:25 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 07:097:09 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 08:138:13 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:254:25 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:51 06:516:51 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:015:01 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:015:01 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:285:28 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:496:49 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:548:54 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:548:54 AM | 09:369:36 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:259:25 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:041:04 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:461:46 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 14:382:38 PM | 15:563:56 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:093:09 PM | 17:145:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 15:203:20 PM | 16:584:58 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 17:145:14 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:145:14 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:145:14 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrta | 22:4010:40 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 25:101:10 AM+1 | 26:482:48 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |