Tuesday 24 May 1977 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:439:43 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5010:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:573:57 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2010:20 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 15 h 19 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
03:573:57 AM to 27:563:56+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 | 22:5010:50 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 13:031:03 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 14:102:10 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:2010:20 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 27:56 03:563:56 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:482:48 AM | 03:573:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:482:48 AM | 03:233:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:053:05 AM | 03:573:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:573:57 AM | 07:017:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:076:07 AM | 07:517:51 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:017:01 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:017:01 AM | 08:038:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:477:47 AM | 09:429:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:321:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:273:27 PM | 17:225:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:134:13 PM | 19:177:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:177:17 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:177:17 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:177:17 PM | 20:098:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4510:45 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:352:35+1 AM | 28:174:17+1 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |