Friday 15 January 2016 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:3112:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:2710:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:487:48 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2911:29 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 37 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
07:487:48 AM to 31:477:47+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 | 22:2710:27 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Bhādrapadā | 29:03 05:035:03 AM Sat | Revatī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 22:0510:05 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 11:2911:29 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:47 07:477:47 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:525:52 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:216:21 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:439:43 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:003:00 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:283:28 PM | 16:594:59 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:245:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:245:24 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:245:24 PM | 17:535:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:245:24 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1212:12+1 AM | 25:001:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3112:31+1 AM | 26:022:02+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |