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Wednesday 16 May 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Vaiśākha Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 07:037:03 AM yesterday, and holds until 04:304:30 AM.

Observed here on this day

Gaṅgotpatti · Ganga Saptami

Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:064:06 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

04:304:30 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

11:3611:36 AM

The Sun 62° above S. Day length 15 h 02 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3611:36 AM
At noon, 11:3611:36 AM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 76° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 38% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 76° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta02:542:54 AM–03:303:30 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:123:12 AM–04:064:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:072:07 PM–15:073:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:087:08 PM–19:267:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:087:08 PM–20:018:01 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:585:58 AM–07:517:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:449:44 AM–11:3711:37 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:0711:07 AM–12:0712:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3711:37 AM–13:291:29 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:329:32 PM–23:0211:02 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Lābha04:064:06 AM–05:585:58 AMgood
Amṛta05:585:58 AM–07:517:51 AMgood
Kāla07:517:51 AM–09:449:44 AMavoid
Śubha09:449:44 AM–11:3711:37 AMgood
Roga11:3711:37 AM–13:291:29 PMavoid
Udvega13:291:29 PM–15:223:22 PMavoid
Cara15:223:22 PM–17:155:15 PMneutral
Lābha17:155:15 PM–19:087:08 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:087:08 PM–20:158:15 PMavoid
Śubha20:158:15 PM–21:229:22 PMgood
Amṛta21:229:22 PM–22:2910:29 PMgood
Cara22:2910:29 PM–23:3611:36 PMneutral
Roga23:3611:36 PM–24:4312:43 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:4312:43 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:501:50 AM+1–26:572:57 AM+1good
Udvega26:572:57 AM+1–28:054:05 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:064:06 AM to 28:054:05 AM+1

04:064:06 AM sunrise19:087:08 PM sunsetsunrise 28:054:05 AM+1
Clock
066a099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 04:304:30 AM
Saptamīuntil 26:152:15 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 09:289:28 AM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 22:1710:17 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 04:304:30 AM
Garauntil 15:203:20 PM
Vaṇijauntil 26:152:15 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3711:37 AM–13:291:29 PM
Pradoṣa 19:087:08 PM–20:198:19 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:291:29 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  6. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 15 h 02 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:198:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  12. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  13. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī04:304:30 AMSaptamī
NakṣatraPuṣya09:289:28 AMĀśleṣā
YogaVṛddhi22:1710:17 PMDhruva
KaraṇaTaitila04:304:30 AMGara
VāraBudhavāra28:05 04:054:05 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 144
Day length
15 h 02 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
09:569:56 AM
Moonset
24:0312:03 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn02:542:54 AM04:064:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn02:542:54 AM03:303:30 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:123:12 AM04:064:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:064:06 AM07:067:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:585:58 AM07:517:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:067:06 AM10:0610:06 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:449:44 AM11:3711:37 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:0711:07 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3711:37 AM13:291:29 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM16:074:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:072:07 PM15:073:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:074:07 PM19:087:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:087:08 PM20:198:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:087:08 PM19:267:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:087:08 PM20:018:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:329:32 PM23:0211:02 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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