Monday 22 July 1996 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:3511:35 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:5812:58 PM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 45 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:116:11 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5812:58 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
13:191:19 PM
The Sun 74° above S. Day length 14 h 16 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
06:116:11 AM to 30:126:12 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 | 12:5812:58 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 23:2911:29 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 18:156:15 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:5812:58 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:12 06:126:12 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:534:53 AM | 06:116:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:534:53 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:135:13 AM | 06:116:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:116:11 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:446:44 AM | 08:278:27 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:459:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3211:32 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5512:55 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:481:48 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:452:45 PM | 17:365:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:063:06 PM | 16:534:53 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:423:42 PM | 16:394:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:394:39 PM | 17:365:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:025:02 PM | 18:466:46 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:365:36 PM | 20:278:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:278:27 PM | 21:459:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:278:27 PM | 20:478:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:278:27 PM | 21:269:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 25:441:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |