Sunday 2 June 1968 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:3012:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:041:04+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:503:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:178:17 AM
Dhruva gives way to Vyāghāta.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 35 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
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03:503:50 AM to 27:503:50+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 | 25:04 01:041:04 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 23:3611:36 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 08:178:17 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:5112:51 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 27:50 03:503:50 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:432:43 AM | 03:503:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:432:43 AM | 03:173:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:003:00 AM | 03:503:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:503:50 AM | 06:576:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:576:57 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 13:351:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4811:48 AM | 13:291:29 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:142:14 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:323:32 PM | 17:295:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 19:267:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:215:21 PM | 18:236:23 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:295:29 PM | 19:267:26 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:267:26 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:267:26 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:267:26 PM | 20:168:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:559:55 PM | 23:3611:36 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |