Thursday 8 December 1994 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:445:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:504:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3311:33 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
11:3211:32 AM
The Sun 21° above S. Day length 8 h 41 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:127:12+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 | 16:504:50 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 21:149:14 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 11:3311:33 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:504:50 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:12 07:127:12 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:085:08 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:085:08 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 08:558:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:117:11 AM | 08:168:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:558:55 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:219:21 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0510:05 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:5310:53 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:421:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:331:33 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:082:08 PM | 15:523:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:523:52 PM | 17:555:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:523:52 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:523:52 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0811:08 PM | 23:5611:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:394:39+1 AM | 30:186:18+1 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |