Monday 26 October 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:325:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:536:53+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:126:12 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:1311:13 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 10 h 23 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
06:126:12 AM to 30:146:14+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 | Mūla | 15:073:07 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 11:1311:13 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 18:166:16 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:244:24 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:244:24 AM | 05:185:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:514:51 AM | 06:126:12 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:126:12 AM | 08:178:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:307:30 AM | 08:488:48 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:088:08 AM | 09:529:52 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:178:17 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0610:06 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:591:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:071:07 PM | 13:491:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:221:22 PM | 15:073:07 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:491:49 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:302:30 PM | 16:354:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:354:35 PM | 18:246:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:354:35 PM | 17:025:02 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:354:35 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:231:23+1 AM | 27:063:06+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |