Saturday 3 November 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:004:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:084:08 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:084:08 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:486:48 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 | 28:08 04:084:08 AM Sun | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:4510:45 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 27:15 03:153:15 AM Sun | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 16:084:08 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:594:59 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:594:59 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:265:26 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:476:47 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 06:476:47 AM | 08:058:05 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 06:476:47 AM | 07:297:29 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 07:297:29 AM | 08:118:11 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 07:507:50 AM | 09:309:30 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgava | 08:538:53 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 09:249:24 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:041:04 PM | 15:103:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 13:201:20 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijaya | 13:461:46 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:103:10 PM | 17:165:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:165:16 PM | 19:047:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:165:16 PM | 17:435:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:165:16 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 17:475:47 PM | 19:267:26 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |