Wednesday 11 June 1997 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 18:446:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:049:04 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
05:295:29 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:527:52 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 90° above S. Day length 13 h 32 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:295:29+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 | 21:049:04 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | past sunrise | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 23:0011:00 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 07:527:52 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:264:26 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:528:52 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3310:33 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:561:56 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:302:30 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 19:017:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:444:44 PM | 18:326:32 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:017:01 PM | 20:258:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:017:01 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:017:01 PM | 20:048:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:323:32+1 AM | 29:205:20+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |