Monday 10 January 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:201:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:543:54 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:362:36 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3412:34 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 30 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:497:49 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 | 27:54 03:543:54 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 18:026:02 PM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 19:407:40 PM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 14:362:36 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:535:53 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:535:53 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:039:03 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5812:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1512:15 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:311:31 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:311:31 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:461:46 PM | 14:572:57 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:472:47 PM | 15:253:25 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:253:25 PM | 17:195:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:195:19 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:195:19 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:195:19 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1012:10 AM+1 | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:494:49 AM+1 | 30:366:36 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |