Monday 18 June 2018 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 14:092:09 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:2511:25 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:473:47 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:496:49 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 15 h 49 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
03:473:47 AM to 27:473:47 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 Pañcamī | 11:2511:25 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 06:496:49 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 13:141:14 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:2511:25 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 27:47 03:473:47 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:412:41 AM | 03:473:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:412:41 AM | 03:143:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 02:572:57 AM | 03:473:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:473:47 AM | 06:566:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:215:21 AM | 06:496:49 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 05:455:45 AM | 07:447:44 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:566:56 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:429:42 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0911:09 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:401:40 PM | 15:383:38 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:192:19 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:233:23 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:036:03 PM | 19:337:33 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 20:418:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:023:02 AM+1 | 28:314:31 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |