Tuesday 21 December 1982 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:216:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:238:23+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:309:30 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:3811:38 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:227:22+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 | past sunrise | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:309:30 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 24:21 00:2112:21 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 19:267:26 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:22 07:227:22 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:495:49 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:049:04 AM | 09:389:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:309:30 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2912:29 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:031:03 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:461:46 PM | 14:502:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:122:12 PM | 15:543:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:543:54 PM | 17:585:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:543:54 PM | 16:254:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:543:54 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:255:25 PM | 19:117:11 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0510:05 PM | 23:0711:07 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:593:59+1 AM | 29:455:45+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |