Sunday 17 December 1939 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:3710:37 AM yesterday, and holds until 13:061:06 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:061:06 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 13 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:476:47 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 | 13:061:06 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:37 02:372:37 AM Mon | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 23:0211:02 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 13:061:06 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:574:57 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:574:57 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:245:24 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 08:498:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:427:42 AM | 09:309:30 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:498:49 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:272:27 PM | 15:433:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:572:57 PM | 17:005:00 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:383:38 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:433:43 PM | 17:005:00 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:005:00 PM | 18:506:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:005:00 PM | 17:275:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:005:00 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:306:30 PM | 20:188:18 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |