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Monday 20 January 2025 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:0110:01 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:2912:29 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:457:45 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2912:29 PM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

12:3812:38 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3812:38 PM
At noon, 12:3812:38 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 252° ahead of it, in Hasta, 65% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 252° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:515:51 AM–06:486:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:206:20 AM–07:457:45 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1812:18 PM–12:5812:58 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:162:16 PM–14:552:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:154:15 PM–18:036:03 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:315:31 PM–17:595:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:315:31 PM–18:566:56 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2511:25 AM–12:3812:38 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5812:58 PM–13:371:37 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:511:51 PM–15:043:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:552:55 PM–15:343:34 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta07:457:45 AM–08:588:58 AMgood
Kāla08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AMavoid
Śubha10:1210:12 AM–11:2511:25 AMgood
Roga11:2511:25 AM–12:3812:38 PMavoid
Udvega12:3812:38 PM–13:511:51 PMavoid
Cara13:511:51 PM–15:043:04 PMneutral
Lābha15:043:04 PM–16:184:18 PMgood
Amṛta16:184:18 PM–17:315:31 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:315:31 PM–19:187:18 PMneutral
Roga19:187:18 PM–21:049:04 PMavoid
Kāla21:049:04 PM–22:5110:51 PMavoid
Lābha22:5110:51 PM–24:3812:38+1 AMgood
Udvega24:3812:38+1 AM–26:242:24+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:242:24+1 AM–28:114:11+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:114:11+1 AM–29:585:58+1 AMgood
Cara29:585:58+1 AM–31:447:44+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:457:45 AM to 31:447:44+1 AM

07:457:45 AM sunrise17:315:31 PM sunsetsunrise 31:447:44+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 12:2912:29 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 23:0011:00 PM
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 29:225:22+1 AM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 12:2912:29 PM
Viṣṭiuntil 25:491:49+1 AM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:588:58 AM–10:1210:12 AM
Abhijit 12:1812:18 PM–12:5812:58 PM
Pradoṣa 17:315:31 PM–19:257:25 PM
Niśītha 24:1412:14+1 AM–25:021:02+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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1210:12 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5812:58 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  5. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 46 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:257:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:021:02+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  11. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī12:2912:29 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraHasta23:0011:00 PMCitrā
YogaSukarmā29:22 05:225:22 AM TueDhṛti
KaraṇaVaṇija12:2912:29 PMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra31:44 07:447:44 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 230
Day length
9 h 46 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:0112:01+1 AM
Moonset
10:4810:48 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:515:51 AM07:457:45 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:515:51 AM06:486:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:206:20 AM07:457:45 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:457:45 AM09:429:42 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:1210:12 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:429:42 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2511:25 AM12:3812:38 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1412:14 PM13:021:02 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1812:18 PM12:5812:58 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5812:58 PM13:371:37 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:371:37 PM15:343:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:511:51 PM15:043:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:162:16 PM14:552:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:552:55 PM15:343:34 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:343:34 PM17:315:31 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:154:15 PM18:036:03 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:315:31 PM19:257:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:315:31 PM17:595:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:315:31 PM18:566:56 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1412:14+1 AM25:021:02+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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