Saturday 12 August 2028 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:443:44 AM yesterday, and holds until 05:435:43 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:365:36 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:435:43 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 51 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
05:365:36 AM to 29:375:37+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 05:435:43 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 17:165:16 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 24:39 00:3912:39 AM Sun | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 05:435:43 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:37 05:375:37 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:154:15 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:365:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:365:36 AM | 08:228:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:365:36 AM | 07:207:20 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:365:36 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:316:31 AM | 07:277:27 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:228:22 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:049:04 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:219:21 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5912:59 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:382:38 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:551:55 PM | 16:414:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:152:15 PM | 15:593:59 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:502:50 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:414:41 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:498:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:487:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:288:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 24:5612:56+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:373:37+1 AM | 29:205:20+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |