Sunday 4 September 2072 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:0311:03 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:0412:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 2 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī boundary
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:256:25 AM
Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.
Noon
12:2612:26 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 55 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59 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 | 12:0412:04 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 06:256:25 AM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 22:4410:44 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0412:04 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:304:30 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:304:30 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:524:52 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:338:33 AM | 11:0811:08 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:022:02 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 16:184:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 17:165:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:184:18 PM | 18:536:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:105:10 PM | 18:016:01 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:165:16 PM | 18:536:53 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:536:53 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:536:53 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:536:53 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:007:00 PM | 20:408:40 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:035:03 AM+1 | 30:446:44 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |