Tuesday 4 November 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 18:216:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:558:55 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:407:40 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 21 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
07:007:00 AM to 31:017:01+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 | 20:558:55 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 13:111:11 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 16:354:35 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 07:407:40 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:01 07:017:01 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:385:38 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:467:46 AM | 09:349:34 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:049:04 AM | 09:459:45 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1012:10 PM | 13:281:28 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:163:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:034:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:163:16 PM | 17:215:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:215:21 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:215:21 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:215:21 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0710:07 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4910:49 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3512:35+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |