Tuesday 25 January 2011 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 14:252:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5411:54 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:427:42 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3011:30 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 54 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
07:427:42 AM to 31:427:42 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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 11:5411:54 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 12:4812:48 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 11:3011:30 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 11:5411:54 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:42 07:427:42 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:495:49 AM | 07:427:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:495:49 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:186:18 AM | 07:427:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:427:42 AM | 09:419:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:419:41 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:419:41 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:182:18 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:083:08 PM | 16:224:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:297:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:218:21 PM | 21:519:51 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:245:24 AM+1 | 30:546:54 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |