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Tuesday 19 May 1953 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 09:379:37 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:0611:06 AM.

Observed here on this day

Gaṅgotpatti · Ganga Saptami

Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:035:03 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:0611:06 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

12:1412:14 PM

The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 23 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1412:14 PM
At noon, 12:1412:14 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 73° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 35% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 73° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:463:46 AM–04:254:25 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:054:05 AM–05:035:03 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4611:46 AM–12:4412:44 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:363:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:267:26 PM–19:467:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:267:26 PM–20:248:24 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta07:567:56 AM–08:538:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:398:39 AM–10:2710:27 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:1512:15 PM–14:032:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:513:51 PM–17:385:38 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1711:17 PM–23:5511:55 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya25:231:23 AM+1–27:093:09 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga05:035:03 AM–06:516:51 AMavoid
Udvega06:516:51 AM–08:398:39 AMavoid
Cara08:398:39 AM–10:2710:27 AMneutral
Lābha10:2710:27 AM–12:1512:15 PMgood
Amṛta12:1512:15 PM–14:032:03 PMgood
Kāla14:032:03 PM–15:513:51 PMavoid
Śubha15:513:51 PM–17:385:38 PMgood
Roga17:385:38 PM–19:267:26 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:267:26 PM–20:388:38 PMavoid
Lābha20:388:38 PM–21:509:50 PMgood
Udvega21:509:50 PM–23:0211:02 PMavoid
Śubha23:0211:02 PM–24:1412:14 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1412:14 AM+1–25:261:26 AM+1good
Cara25:261:26 AM+1–26:382:38 AM+1neutral
Roga26:382:38 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:503:50 AM+1–29:025:02 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:035:03 AM to 29:025:02 AM+1

05:035:03 AM sunrise19:267:26 PM sunsetsunrise 29:025:02 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 11:0611:06 AM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 11:1011:10 AM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 21:029:02 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 11:0611:06 AM
Garauntil 24:0512:05 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:4412:44 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:513:51 PM–17:385:38 PM
Pradoṣa 19:267:26 PM–20:438:43 PM
Niśītha 23:5011:50 PM–24:3812:38 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:4412:44 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:385:38 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 23 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:438:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3812:38 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī11:0611:06 AMSaptamī
NakṣatraPuṣya11:1011:10 AMĀśleṣā
YogaVṛddhi21:029:02 PMDhruva
KaraṇaTaitila11:0611:06 AMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:02 05:025:02 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2010
Śaka
1875
Kali
5054
Ahargaṇa
1 846 051
Day length
14 h 23 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
10:2310:23 AM
Moonset
24:3312:33 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:463:46 AM05:035:03 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:463:46 AM04:254:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:054:05 AM05:035:03 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:035:03 AM07:567:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:567:56 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:567:56 AM08:538:53 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:398:39 AM10:2710:27 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5111:51 AM12:3912:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:1512:15 PM14:032:03 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:411:41 PM16:344:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:363:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:513:51 PM17:385:38 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:344:34 PM19:267:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:267:26 PM20:438:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:267:26 PM19:467:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:267:26 PM20:248:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1711:17 PM23:5511:55 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5011:50 PM24:3812:38 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:231:23 AM+127:093:09 AM+1sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
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