Thursday 12 May 2016 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:231:23 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:3612:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:095:09 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3612:36 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 14 h 12 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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05:095:09 AM to 29:085:08 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 | 12:3612:36 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 25:14 01:141:14 AM Fri | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 22:2410:24 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:3612:36 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:08 05:085:08 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:104:10 AM | 05:095:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:095:09 AM | 07:597:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:095:09 AM | 06:556:55 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:597:59 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:428:42 AM | 10:2810:28 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:009:00 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:539:53 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:401:40 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:012:01 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:372:37 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:343:34 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:304:30 PM | 19:217:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:456:45 PM | 20:228:22 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:217:21 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:217:21 PM | 19:407:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:217:21 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |