Sunday 16 December 2007 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 07:367:36 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:307:30 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:307:30 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 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 | 07:307:30 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 22:3510:35 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 22:0710:07 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 07:307:30 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:455:45 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:019:01 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:102:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:011:01 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:441:44 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:102:10 PM | 15:533:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:442:44 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:482:48 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:203:20 PM | 16:574:57 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:533:53 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:533:53 PM | 16:234:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:533:53 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:524:52 AM+1 | 30:276:27 AM+1 | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |