Tuesday 14 November 1961 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:4412:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0111:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:406:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4210:42 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 h 28 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
06:406:40 AM to 30:426:42+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 | 11:0111:01 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 10:4210:42 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 18:586:58 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:0111:01 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:42 06:426:42 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:444:44 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:444:44 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:135:13 AM | 06:406:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:406:40 AM | 08:348:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:348:34 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:348:34 AM | 09:129:12 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:029:02 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:152:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5912:59 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:461:46 PM | 14:572:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:152:15 PM | 16:084:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:302:30 PM | 16:024:02 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:084:08 PM | 18:056:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:084:08 PM | 16:374:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:084:08 PM | 17:365:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 21:589:58 PM | 22:5610:56 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3911:39 PM | 25:101:10+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |