Wednesday 3 November 1943 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:035:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:153:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:467:46 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:104:10 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
13:021:02 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 30 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
07:467:46 AM to 31:487:48 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 | 27:15 03:153:15 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:3510:35 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 27:04 03:043:04 AM Thu | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 16:104:10 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 31:48 07:487:48 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:595:59 AM | 07:467:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:595:59 AM | 06:536:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:266:26 AM | 07:467:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:467:46 AM | 09:529:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:508:50 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:059:05 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:529:52 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:021:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:202:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:052:05 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:114:11 PM | 18:176:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:006:00 PM | 19:327:32 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:176:17 PM | 20:058:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:176:17 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:176:17 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 25:261:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:116:11 AM+1 | 31:437:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |