Monday 24 December 1979 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:216:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:134:13+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:237:23 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5512:55 PM
Vajra gives way to Siddhi.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 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
07:237:23 AM to 31:237:23+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 | 28:13 04:134:13 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:47 02:472:47 AM Tue | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 12:5512:55 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 17:165:16 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:237:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:237:23 AM | 09:059:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:278:27 AM | 09:319:31 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:059:05 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2211:22 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:481:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:051:05 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:391:39 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:132:13 PM | 15:563:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:563:56 PM | 17:595:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:563:56 PM | 16:274:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:563:56 PM | 17:295:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:018:01 PM | 21:319:31 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |