Saturday 31 October 1992 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:3712:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:022:02 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:446:44 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0311:03 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 34 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
06:446:44 AM to 30:456:45 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 | 26:02 02:022:02 AM Sun | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:45 01:451:45 AM Sun | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 11:0311:03 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:151:15 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:45 06:456:45 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:574:57 AM | 06:446:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:574:57 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:245:24 AM | 06:446:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:446:44 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 06:446:44 AM | 08:048:04 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 06:446:44 AM | 07:277:27 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 07:277:27 AM | 08:098:09 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:518:51 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 09:239:23 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Varjya | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:051:05 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 13:211:21 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijaya | 13:471:47 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:123:12 PM | 17:195:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:195:19 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:195:19 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:195:19 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 20:348:34 PM | 22:1710:17 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |