Sunday 27 April 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:585:58 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:028:02 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:325:32 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:028:02 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:2412:24 PM
The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 45 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
05:325:32 AM to 29:315:31+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 | 08:028:02 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 11:0411:04 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Siddha | 11:1211:12 AM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 08:028:02 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:325:32 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:325:32 AM | 08:178:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:455:45 AM | 07:317:31 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:178:17 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:471:47 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:422:42 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:513:51 PM | 17:345:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:324:32 PM | 19:177:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:275:27 PM | 18:226:22 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:345:34 PM | 19:177:17 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:177:17 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:177:17 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:177:17 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:467:46 PM | 21:319:31 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 24:4812:48+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |