Monday 9 December 2002 · Puning, Guangdong, China
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 08:398:39 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:388:38 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
06:456:45 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:388:38 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 44 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
06:456:45 AM to 30:466:46 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 Pañcamī | 08:388:38 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 09:319:31 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 21:559:55 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:388:38 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:46 06:466:46 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:594:59 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:594:59 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:265:26 AM | 06:456:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:456:45 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:068:06 AM | 09:269:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:2912:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:281:28 PM | 14:482:48 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:441:44 PM | 15:263:26 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:382:38 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:167:16 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4411:44 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:5211:52 PM | 25:331:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |