Tuesday 24 May 1977 · Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:439:43 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:5010:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:543:54 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:2010:20 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 15 h 13 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
03:543:54 AM to 27:533:53+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 | 22:5010:50 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 13:031:03 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 14:102:10 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:2010:20 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 27:53 03:533:53 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:432:43 AM | 03:543:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:432:43 AM | 03:193:19 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:013:01 AM | 03:543:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:543:54 AM | 06:566:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:076:07 AM | 07:517:51 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:566:56 AM | 09:599:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:566:56 AM | 07:577:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 09:369:36 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:251:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:193:19 PM | 17:135:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 19:077:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:077:07 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:077:07 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:077:07 PM | 20:008:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3710:37 PM | 23:1211:12 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:352:35+1 AM | 28:174:17+1 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |