Sunday 25 August 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:568:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1611:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:007:00 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 13 h 20 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:415:41 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 | 23:1611:16 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 22:3310:33 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:007:00 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:0510:05 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:154:15 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:154:15 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:364:36 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:405:40 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:208:20 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijit | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 12:2012:20 PM | 14:002:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kāla | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:292:29 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:401:40 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:342:34 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 15:403:40 PM | 17:205:20 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:204:20 PM | 19:007:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 17:145:14 PM | 18:076:07 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 17:205:20 PM | 19:007:00 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣa | 19:007:00 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:007:00 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:007:00 PM | 20:048:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 28:514:51 AM+1 | 30:396:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |