Monday 24 April 1950 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:134:13 AM yesterday, and holds until 05:405:40 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:394:39 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:405:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 59 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
04:394:39 AM to 28:374:37+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 | 05:405:40 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 27:21 03:213:21 AM Tue | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 08:048:04 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 05:405:40 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:37 04:374:37 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:193:19 AM | 04:394:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:193:19 AM | 03:593:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:393:39 AM | 04:394:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:394:39 AM | 07:277:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:246:24 AM | 08:098:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:277:27 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:241:24 PM | 15:093:09 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:342:34 PM | 16:174:17 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:552:55 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 18:386:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:386:38 PM | 19:587:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:386:38 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:386:38 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4812:48+1 AM | 26:302:30+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |