Wednesday 9 August 1944 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:055:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:352:35 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:305:30 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:016:01 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
12:4512:45 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 14 h 30 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
05:305:30 AM to 29:315:31 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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 26:35 02:352:35 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 16:404:40 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 06:016:01 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:463:46 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:334:33 AM | 05:305:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:305:30 AM | 08:248:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:385:38 AM | 07:067:06 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 09:079:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:248:24 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:5610:56 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4512:45 PM | 14:342:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:122:12 PM | 17:065:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:282:28 PM | 15:563:56 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:103:10 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:065:06 PM | 20:008:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:008:00 PM | 21:169:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:008:00 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:008:00 PM | 20:578:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 25:101:10 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |