Tuesday 20 December 1955 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:243:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:484:48 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:327:32 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:528:52 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 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
07:327:32 AM to 31:337:33 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 | 28:48 04:484:48 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 08:528:52 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 25:24 01:241:24 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 16:104:10 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:33 07:337:33 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:365:36 AM | 07:327:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:365:36 AM | 06:346:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:056:05 AM | 07:327:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:327:32 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:269:26 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:261:26 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:372:37 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:053:05 PM | 16:584:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:364:36 PM | 18:196:19 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:584:58 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:584:58 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:584:58 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4810:48 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:542:54 AM+1 | 28:374:37 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |