Monday 20 June 1988 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:101:10 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:433:43 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:262:26 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
13:201:20 PM
The Sun 75° above S. Day length 14 h 53 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
05:535:53 AM to 29:535:53 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 | 27:43 03:433:43 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 18:216:21 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 20:268:26 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 14:262:26 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:404:40 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:457:45 AM | 09:369:36 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2811:28 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5612:56 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:491:49 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:492:49 PM | 17:485:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:113:11 PM | 17:035:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:393:39 PM | 17:275:27 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:493:49 PM | 16:484:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:484:48 PM | 17:485:48 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:485:48 PM | 20:468:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:468:46 PM | 21:599:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:468:46 PM | 21:049:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:468:46 PM | 21:419:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 25:441:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:233:23 AM+1 | 29:125:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |