Sunday 16 June 2002 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:551:55 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:5111:51 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
10:4610:46 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:1612:16 PM
The Sun 90° above N. Day length 13 h 33 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 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 | 23:5111:51 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 23:4011:40 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 10:4610:46 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:5412:54 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:064:06 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:064:06 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:581:58 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:501:50 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:371:37 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:393:39 PM | 17:215:21 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:204:20 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:145:14 PM | 18:086:08 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:215:21 PM | 19:037:03 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:037:03 PM | 20:268:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:037:03 PM | 19:237:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:037:03 PM | 20:058:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:249:24 PM | 22:5510:55 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5211:52 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |