Tuesday 18 December 2012 · Kunming, Yunnan, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:112:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:121:12 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
07:487:48 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0310:03 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
13:061:06 PM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 35 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
07:487:48 AM to 31:497:49 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 | 25:12 01:121:12 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 10:0310:03 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 28:02 04:024:02 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:351:35 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:016:01 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:016:01 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:286:28 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:559:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:559:55 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:559:55 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2710:27 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:252:25 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:092:09 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:522:52 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:443:44 PM | 17:045:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:236:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:145:14 PM | 18:506:50 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:236:23 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:236:23 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:236:23 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 25:301:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:482:48 AM+1 | 28:244:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |