Wednesday 5 September 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5612:56 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0312:03 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:1712:17 PM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 12 h 53 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51 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 | 24:56 00:5612:56 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 28:54 04:544:54 AM Thu | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 17:435:43 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:0312:03 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:214:21 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:214:21 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:434:43 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:505:50 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 07:277:27 AM | 09:039:03 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:258:25 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 08:418:41 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Gulika | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:341:34 PM | 16:094:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:262:26 PM | 15:173:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:094:09 PM | 18:436:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:436:43 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:436:43 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:436:43 PM | 19:507:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 19:147:14 PM | 21:009:00 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |