Tuesday 12 February 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:504:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:462:46+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:257:25 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:493:49 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:4112:41 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 32 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
07:257:25 AM to 31:247:24+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 | 26:46 02:462:46 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Wed | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 20:038:03 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 15:493:49 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:375:37 AM | 07:257:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:375:37 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:046:04 AM | 07:257:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:257:25 AM | 09:329:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:329:32 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:329:32 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:2211:22 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:051:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4112:41 PM | 14:002:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:193:19 PM | 16:384:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:457:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:4012:40+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 25:051:05+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:112:11+1 AM | 27:413:41+1 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |