Friday 6 June 2003 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 18:176:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:595:59 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
03:493:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:126:12 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 15 h 40 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
03:493:49 AM to 27:483:48 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 | 17:595:59 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 11:4811:48 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 15:293:29 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 06:126:12 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 27:48 03:483:48 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:422:42 AM | 03:493:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:422:42 AM | 03:153:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 02:592:59 AM | 03:493:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:493:49 AM | 06:576:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:465:46 AM | 07:447:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:576:57 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:576:57 AM | 07:597:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:419:41 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:131:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:131:13 PM | 16:214:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:152:15 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:343:34 PM | 17:315:31 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:214:21 PM | 19:297:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:297:29 PM | 20:358:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:297:29 PM | 19:457:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:297:29 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4811:48 PM | 25:241:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |