Saturday 16 August 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:2210:22 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:019:01 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:019:01 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:5412:54 PM
The Sun 68° above S. Day length 13 h 29 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:106:10+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 09:019:01 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 13:061:06 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 14:252:25 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 09:019:01 AM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:065:06 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:096:09 AM | 07:507:50 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:096:09 AM | 07:037:03 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:037:03 AM | 07:577:57 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:119:11 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2712:27 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 16:564:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:352:35 PM | 16:164:16 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:083:08 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:564:56 PM | 19:387:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:387:38 PM | 21:029:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:387:38 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:387:38 PM | 20:418:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:4910:49 PM | 24:2612:26+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30+1 AM | 25:181:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |