Tuesday 3 January 1956 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:218:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:037:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:507:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:4411:44 AM
Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 23 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
07:507:50 AM to 31:507:50+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 19:037:03 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 11:4411:44 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 25:15 01:151:15 AM Wed | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 19:037:03 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:50 07:507:50 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:507:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:525:52 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:507:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:507:50 AM | 09:429:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:429:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1010:10 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:271:27 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:125:12 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:125:12 PM | 17:425:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:125:12 PM | 18:406:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:546:54 PM | 20:308:30 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0311:03 PM | 24:0212:02+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 24:5512:55+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:284:28+1 AM | 30:036:03+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |