Monday 19 December 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:278:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:258:25 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:207:20 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:198:19 AM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 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
07:207:20 AM to 31:217:21 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 | 20:258:25 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 15:333:33 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 09:089:08 AM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 08:198:19 AM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:175:17 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:485:48 AM | 07:207:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:207:20 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 10:4610:46 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2011:20 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:451:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:031:03 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:061:06 PM | 14:442:44 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:371:37 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:112:11 PM | 15:543:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:543:54 PM | 17:575:57 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:543:54 PM | 16:254:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:543:54 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5711:57 PM | 25:381:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |