Monday 3 December 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 15:513:51 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:572:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:197:19 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:572:57 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:0812:08 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 37 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
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07:197:19 AM to 31:207:20 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 | 14:572:57 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 27:54 03:543:54 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:59 01:591:59 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 14:572:57 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:245:24 AM | 07:197:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:245:24 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:535:53 AM | 07:197:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:197:19 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 08:188:18 AM | 09:529:52 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:318:31 AM | 09:439:43 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:159:15 AM | 11:1011:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:051:05 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:201:20 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:441:44 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:222:22 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 16:564:56 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:564:56 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 17:425:42 PM | 19:167:16 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:4411:44 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |