Wednesday 18 August 1965 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2712:27 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:345:34 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2112:21 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 35 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
05:345:34 AM to 29:355:35 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 | 24:27 00:2712:27 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 22:5910:59 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 19:247:24 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:2112:21 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:35 05:355:35 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:114:11 AM | 05:345:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:114:11 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:324:32 AM | 05:345:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:345:34 AM | 08:178:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 07:167:16 AM | 08:588:58 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:178:17 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kāla | 12:2212:22 PM | 14:042:04 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:431:43 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:382:38 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 15:283:28 PM | 17:085:08 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:264:26 PM | 19:097:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 18:486:48 PM | 20:298:29 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 19:097:09 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:097:09 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:097:09 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |