Tuesday 21 August 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:4711:47 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:159:15 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:159:15 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 29 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:375:37 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 | 09:159:15 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Wed | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 19:167:16 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:159:15 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:134:13 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:134:13 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:344:34 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:365:36 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:188:18 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:188:18 AM | 09:129:12 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 08:598:59 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijit | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4812:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Gulika | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:022:02 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjya | 13:311:31 PM | 15:023:02 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:421:42 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:362:36 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:433:43 PM | 17:255:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:244:24 PM | 19:067:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:067:06 PM | 20:308:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:067:06 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:067:06 PM | 20:098:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 22:3410:34 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |