Sunday 13 December 1942 · Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 18:306:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:314:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:447:44 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2711:27 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:5212:52 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 14 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
07:447:44 AM to 31:457:45+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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 16:314:31 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 11:2711:27 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 15:383:38 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 16:314:31 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:45 07:457:45 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:545:54 AM | 07:447:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:545:54 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:447:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:447:44 AM | 09:479:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:479:47 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2812:28 PM | 13:161:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:531:53 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:342:34 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:253:25 PM | 16:424:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:563:56 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:374:37 PM | 17:185:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:424:42 PM | 17:595:59 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:256:25 PM | 19:587:58 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2812:28+1 AM | 25:161:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:423:42+1 AM | 29:145:14+1 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |