Saturday 11 December 2010 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:146:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:447:44 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2711:27 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
13:021:02 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
07:447:44 AM to 31:457:45 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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 30:14 06:146:14 AM Sun | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 28:03 04:034:03 AM Sun | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 11:2711:27 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 17:055:05 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:45 07:457:45 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:575:57 AM | 07:447:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:575:57 AM | 06:506:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:246:24 AM | 07:447:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:447:44 AM | 09:519:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:447:44 AM | 09:049:04 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:447:44 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:099:09 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:519:51 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:062:06 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:222:22 PM | 15:413:41 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:482:48 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:134:13 PM | 18:206:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:314:31 PM | 18:176:17 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:206:20 PM | 20:088:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:206:20 PM | 18:476:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:206:20 PM | 19:417:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 25:261:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |