Friday 12 August 1960 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:1112:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1212:12 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:344:34 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:098:09 AM
Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 h 21 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
04:344:34 AM to 28:354:35 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 | 24:12 00:1212:12 AM Sat | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 08:098:09 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 15:063:06 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:0612:06 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:35 04:354:35 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:173:17 AM | 04:344:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:173:17 AM | 03:553:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:363:36 AM | 04:344:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:344:34 AM | 07:267:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:445:44 AM | 07:217:21 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:226:22 AM | 08:098:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:267:26 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:267:26 AM | 08:248:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:203:20 PM | 17:085:08 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:034:03 PM | 18:556:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:556:55 PM | 20:138:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:556:55 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:556:55 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:381:38 AM+1 | 27:183:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |