Sunday 18 September 2011 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:205:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:287:28 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:566:56 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:273:27 PM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 12 h 14 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
06:566:56 AM to 30:576:57 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 | past sunrise | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 24:09 00:0912:09 AM Mon | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 15:273:27 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 18:276:27 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:566:56 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 06:566:56 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:566:56 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:172:17 PM | 16:444:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:063:06 PM | 15:553:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:074:07 PM | 17:395:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:444:44 PM | 19:107:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:335:33 PM | 18:216:21 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:395:39 PM | 19:107:10 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:107:10 PM | 20:458:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:107:10 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:107:10 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:289:28 PM | 23:1611:16 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |