Saturday 11 December 2010 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:146:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:397:39 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2711:27 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 22 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
07:397:39 AM to 31:397:39 AM+1
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 | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Sun | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 28:03 04:034:03 AM Sun | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 11:2711:27 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 17:055:05 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:39 07:397:39 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:425:42 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:425:42 AM | 06:406:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:116:11 AM | 07:397:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:397:39 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:397:39 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:397:39 AM | 08:168:16 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:168:16 AM | 08:548:54 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:1011:10 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0112:01 PM | 12:3912:39 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:161:16 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:093:09 PM | 17:015:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:314:31 PM | 18:176:17 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:015:01 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:015:01 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:015:01 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |