Sunday 16 June 2002 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:551:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:5111:51 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:563:56 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4610:46 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 15 h 27 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
03:563:56 AM to 27:563:56+1 AM
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 | 23:5111:51 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 23:4011:40 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 10:4610:46 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:5412:54 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 27:56 03:563:56 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:472:47 AM | 03:563:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:472:47 AM | 03:223:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:053:05 AM | 03:563:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:563:56 AM | 07:017:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:017:01 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3911:39 AM | 13:351:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:501:50 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 16:174:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:313:31 PM | 17:275:27 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:174:17 PM | 19:237:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:195:19 PM | 18:216:21 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:275:27 PM | 19:237:23 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:237:23 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:237:23 PM | 19:407:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:237:23 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:249:24 PM | 22:5510:55 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |