Tuesday 17 December 1985 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:558:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:418:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:197:19 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:257:25 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 34 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
07:197:19 AM to 31:207:20+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 | 20:418:41 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 07:257:25 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 28:04 04:044:04 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 08:418:41 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 07:197:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 07:197:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:197:19 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:029:02 AM | 09:369:36 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:279:27 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:021:02 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:441:44 PM | 14:492:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:102:10 PM | 15:533:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:512:51 PM | 16:304:30 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:533:53 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:533:53 PM | 16:244:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:533:53 PM | 17:265:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0410:04 PM | 23:0511:05 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4512:45+1 AM | 26:242:24+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |