Sunday 17 November 1985 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:586:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:365:36 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:037:03 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:116:11 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 00 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
07:037:03 AM to 31:047:04 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 | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 22:5010:50 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 25:45 01:451:45 AM Mon | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 18:116:11 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:076:07 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 07:037:03 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:037:03 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:277:27 AM | 08:598:59 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0312:03 PM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:033:03 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:433:43 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:483:48 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:404:40 PM | 18:136:13 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:482:48 AM+1 | 28:234:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |