Sunday 14 November 1999 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:1912:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:382:38 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:286:28 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3111:31 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0012:00 PM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 03 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
06:286:28 AM to 30:296:29 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 | 26:38 02:382:38 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 26:27 02:272:27 AM Mon | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Śūla | 11:3111:31 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:321:32 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:29 06:296:29 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:286:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:115:11 AM | 06:286:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:286:28 AM | 08:418:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:368:36 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:418:41 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3711:37 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:0012:00 PM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:501:50 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:084:08 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:315:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:024:02 PM | 16:474:47 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:084:08 PM | 17:315:31 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:315:31 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:315:31 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:315:31 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:197:19 PM | 21:069:06 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3611:36 PM | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |