Monday 21 November 1955 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 08:458:45 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:0411:04 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:187:18 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0411:04 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 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
07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM
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 | 11:0411:04 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 24:03 00:0312:03 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 20:258:25 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:0411:04 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:19 07:197:19 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:255:25 AM | 07:187:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:255:25 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:535:53 AM | 07:187:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:187:18 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:328:32 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:111:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:192:19 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:261:26 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:302:30 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:075:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:075:07 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:075:07 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:075:07 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:224:22+1 AM | 30:066:06+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |