Monday 25 August 1986 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:5412:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:252:25+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1412:14 PM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
12:4212:42 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 43 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51+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 | 26:25 02:252:25 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 12:1412:14 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 22:0010:00 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 13:351:35 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:358:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:337:33 AM | 09:169:16 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:567:56 AM | 09:399:39 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:358:35 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:091:09 PM | 14:042:04 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:042:04 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:252:25 PM | 16:084:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:592:59 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:543:54 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:494:49 PM | 19:337:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:337:33 PM | 20:568:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:337:33 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:337:33 PM | 20:358:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4710:47 PM | 24:3212:32+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 25:061:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |