Tuesday 16 January 2024 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:474:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:282:28+1 AM.
At sunrise
07:477:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:408:40 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadā gives way to Uttara Bhādrapadā.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 38 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
07:477:47 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 | 26:28 02:282:28 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 08:408:40 AM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 22:3110:31 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 15:343:34 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:47 07:477:47 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:477:47 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 | 07:477:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:477:47 AM | 09:439:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:439:43 AM | 11:3911:39 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:491:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:341:34 PM | 15:303:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:134:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:303:30 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:265:26 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:265:26 PM | 17:545:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:265:26 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:395:39 PM | 19:097:09 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| 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 | 26:392:39+1 AM | 28:084:08+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |