Monday 28 May 2001 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:5811:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:349:34 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:543:54 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:536:53 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 27 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
03:543:54 AM to 27:533:53 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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 21:349:34 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 06:536:53 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 23:2611:26 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:4610:46 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:543:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:452:45 AM | 03:203:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:023:02 AM | 03:543:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:543:54 AM | 06:596:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 05:505:50 AM | 07:467:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:596:59 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:331:33 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:143:14 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 19:217:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:506:50 PM | 20:208:20 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:217:21 PM | 20:298:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:217:21 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:217:21 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:483:48 AM+1 | 29:185:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |