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Sunday 15 January 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 09:589:58 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:068:06 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:567:56 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:068:06 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

13:181:18 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKunming13:181:18 PM
At noon, 13:181:18 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 255° ahead of it, in Hasta, 63% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 255° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:106:10 AM–07:037:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:376:37 AM–07:567:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5712:57 PM–13:401:40 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:063:06 PM–15:493:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:406:40 PM–19:077:07 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:406:40 PM–20:008:00 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:249:24 PM–22:5510:55 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya12:1912:19 PM–13:491:49 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:181:18 PM–14:392:39 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:593:59 PM–17:205:20 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta17:145:14 PM–17:575:57 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla17:205:20 PM–18:406:40 PMRāhu’s part of the day

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Udvega07:567:56 AM–09:179:17 AMavoid
Cara09:179:17 AM–10:3710:37 AMneutral
Lābha10:3710:37 AM–11:5811:58 AMgood
Amṛta11:5811:58 AM–13:181:18 PMgood
Kāla13:181:18 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Śubha14:392:39 PM–15:593:59 PMgood
Roga15:593:59 PM–17:205:20 PMavoid
Udvega17:205:20 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:406:40 PM–20:208:20 PMgood
Amṛta20:208:20 PM–21:599:59 PMgood
Cara21:599:59 PM–23:3911:39 PMneutral
Roga23:3911:39 PM–25:181:18 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:181:18 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:582:58 AM+1–28:374:37 AM+1good
Udvega28:374:37 AM+1–30:176:17 AM+1avoid
Śubha30:176:17 AM+1–31:567:56 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:567:56 AM to 31:567:56 AM+1

07:567:56 AM sunrise18:406:40 PM sunsetsunrise 31:567:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 08:068:06 AM
Saptamīuntil 30:086:08 AM+1
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 27:053:05 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 20:128:12 PM
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 08:068:06 AM
Viṣṭiuntil 19:087:08 PM
Bavauntil 30:086:08 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:5712:57 PM–13:401:40 PM
Rāhu kāla 17:205:20 PM–18:406:40 PM
Pradoṣa 18:406:40 PM–20:268:26 PM
Niśītha 24:5412:54 AM+1–25:421:42 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  3. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:401:40 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:406:40 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:268:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  9. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:421:42 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  12. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  13. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  14. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī08:068:06 AMSaptamī
NakṣatraHasta27:05 03:053:05 AM MonCitrā
YogaAtigaṇḍa20:128:12 PMSukarmā
KaraṇaVaṇija08:068:06 AMViṣṭi
VāraRavivāra31:56 07:567:56 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2068
Śaka
1933
Kali
5112
Ahargaṇa
1 867 476
Day length
10 h 44 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:4512:45 AM+1
Moonset
11:4011:40 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:106:10 AM07:567:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:106:10 AM07:037:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:376:37 AM07:567:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:567:56 AM10:0510:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:0510:05 AM12:1412:14 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:1912:19 PM13:491:49 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5412:54 PM13:421:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5712:57 PM13:401:40 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:181:18 PM14:392:39 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:232:23 PM16:324:32 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:063:06 PM15:493:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:593:59 PM17:205:20 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:324:32 PM18:406:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta17:145:14 PM17:575:57 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day17:205:20 PM18:406:40 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:406:40 PM20:268:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:406:40 PM19:077:07 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:406:40 PM20:008:00 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:249:24 PM22:5510:55 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:5412:54 AM+125:421:42 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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