Wednesday 25 November 1998 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:338:33 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:568:56 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
06:556:55 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:498:49 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 02 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
06:556:55 AM to 30:576:57+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 | 20:568:56 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 24:52 00:5212:52 AM Thu | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 14:282:28 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 08:498:49 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:564:56 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:564:56 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:265:26 AM | 06:556:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:556:55 AM | 08:448:44 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:038:03 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:448:44 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1910:19 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:052:05 PM | 15:443:44 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:092:09 PM | 15:583:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:583:58 PM | 17:585:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:583:58 PM | 16:284:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:583:58 PM | 17:285:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:554:55+1 AM | 30:326:32+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |