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Friday 15 January 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:3112:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:2710:27 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:217:21 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:2911:29 AM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 57 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 66° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 30% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 66° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:216:21 AM
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PM
  • Godhūli16:184:18 PM–16:484:48 PM
  • Amṛta kāla24:3112:31 AM+1–26:022:02 AM+1

Avoid

  • Gulika08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AM
  • Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM–09:449:44 AM
  • Rāhu kāla10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AM
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–12:4312:43 PM
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:032:03 PM–15:113:11 PM
  • Varjya15:283:28 PM–16:594:59 PM

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Cara07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AMneutral
Lābha08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Amṛta09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMgood
Kāla10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Śubha11:4911:49 AM–12:5612:56 PMgood
Roga12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PMavoid
Udvega14:032:03 PM–15:113:11 PMavoid
Cara15:113:11 PM–16:184:18 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga16:184:18 PM–18:116:11 PMavoid
Kāla18:116:11 PM–20:038:03 PMavoid
Lābha20:038:03 PM–21:569:56 PMgood
Udvega21:569:56 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Śubha23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1good
Amṛta25:421:42 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Cara27:353:35 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1neutral
Roga29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:217:21 AM sunrise16:184:18 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 22:2710:27 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 29:035:03 AM+1
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 22:0510:05 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 11:2911:29 AM
Taitilauntil 22:2710:27 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AM
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 16:184:18 PM–18:186:18 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:4911:49 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 57 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:186:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  8. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  9. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī22:2710:27 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā29:03 05:035:03 AM SatRevatī
YogaParigha22:0510:05 PMŚiva
KaraṇaKaulava11:2911:29 AMTaitila
VāraŚukravāra31:20 07:207:20 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 937
Day length
8 h 57 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
10:0910:09 AM
Moonset
22:3410:34 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:205:20 AM07:217:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM07:217:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:217:21 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika08:288:28 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgava09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta09:089:08 AM09:449:44 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla10:4210:42 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhna11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:3111:31 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4312:43 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa12:4312:43 PM14:302:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa14:032:03 PM15:113:11 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhna14:302:30 PM16:184:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya15:283:28 PM16:594:59 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣa16:184:18 PM18:186:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:184:18 PM16:484:48 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:184:18 PM17:485:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla24:3112:31 AM+126:022:02 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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