Monday 13 August 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 18:526:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:514:51 PM.
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
05:475:47 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 h 20 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 28:364:36+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 16:514:51 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 25:20 01:201:20 AM Tue | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śūla | 08:578:57 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 05:475:47 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:36 04:364:36 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
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 | 03:563:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:373:37 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 |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:226:22 AM | 08:098:09 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:267:26 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| 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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 15:203:20 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:053:05 PM | 16:034:03 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:034:03 PM | 18:556:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:266:26 PM | 19:587:58 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:556:55 PM | 20:128:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:556:55 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:556:55 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:309:30 PM | 23:0211:02 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |