Tuesday 19 September 2000 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:311:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0512:05 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:235:23 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5012:50 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 12 h 21 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
05:235:23 AM to 29:245:24 AM+1
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 | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 15:073:07 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 26:51 02:512:51 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:5012:50 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:24 05:245:24 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:235:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:235:23 AM | 07:517:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:517:51 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:517:51 AM | 08:418:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3311:33 AM | 13:061:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:202:20 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:392:39 PM | 16:114:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:445:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:445:44 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:445:44 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:445:44 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2410:24 PM | 23:1111:11 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |