Monday 30 November 1992 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:158:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:3110:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:177:17 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:209:20 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 40 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
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07:177:17 AM to 31:187:18 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 | 22:3110:31 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 15:223:22 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 19:137:13 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:209:20 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:18 07:187:18 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:225:22 AM | 07:177:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:225:22 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:515:51 AM | 07:177:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:177:17 AM | 09:139:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:298:29 AM | 09:429:42 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:139:13 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:5410:54 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:051:05 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:191:19 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:431:43 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:222:22 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:013:01 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 16:574:57 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:574:57 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:574:57 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 19:517:51 PM | 21:389:38 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:4311:43 PM | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 30:366:36 AM+1 | 32:248:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |