Sunday 18 August 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:572:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:131:13 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:346:34 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:062:06 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 36 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
06:346:34 AM to 30:356:35 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 | 25:13 01:131:13 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Mon | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 20:588:58 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:062:06 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:35 06:356:35 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:115:11 AM | 06:346:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:115:11 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:315:31 AM | 06:346:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:346:34 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:179:17 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijit | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 13:221:22 PM | 15:043:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:432:43 PM | 17:275:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:383:38 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 16:464:46 PM | 18:286:28 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kāla | 17:115:11 PM | 18:436:43 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhna | 17:275:27 PM | 20:108:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 18:216:21 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 18:286:28 PM | 20:108:10 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣa | 20:108:10 PM | 21:339:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 20:108:10 PM | 20:318:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 20:108:10 PM | 21:129:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 20:158:15 PM | 21:479:47 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |