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Tuesday 17 February 1998 · Xining, Qinghai, China

Māgha Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:146:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:408:40 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:008:00 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:1311:13 AM

Citrā gives way to Svātī.

Noon

13:271:27 PM

The Sun 41° above S. Day length 10 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonXining13:271:27 PM
At noon, 13:271:27 PM, the Sun is in Dhaniṣṭhā and the Moon 243° ahead of it, in Svātī, 72% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 243° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:156:15 AM–07:077:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:416:41 AM–08:008:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:163:16 PM–16:004:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:556:55 PM–19:217:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:556:55 PM–20:138:13 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:124:12 AM+1–29:595:59 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta10:1110:11 AM–10:5410:54 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4410:44 AM–12:0512:05 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:271:27 PM–14:492:49 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:114:11 PM–17:335:33 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:285:28 PM–19:167:16 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta24:0812:08 AM+1–25:011:01 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga08:008:00 AM–09:229:22 AMavoid
Udvega09:229:22 AM–10:4410:44 AMavoid
Cara10:4410:44 AM–12:0512:05 PMneutral
Lābha12:0512:05 PM–13:271:27 PMgood
Amṛta13:271:27 PM–14:492:49 PMgood
Kāla14:492:49 PM–16:114:11 PMavoid
Śubha16:114:11 PM–17:335:33 PMgood
Roga17:335:33 PM–18:556:55 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:556:55 PM–20:338:33 PMavoid
Lābha20:338:33 PM–22:1110:11 PMgood
Udvega22:1110:11 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Śubha23:4911:49 PM–25:271:27 AM+1good
Amṛta25:271:27 AM+1–27:053:05 AM+1good
Cara27:053:05 AM+1–28:434:43 AM+1neutral
Roga28:434:43 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1avoid
Kāla30:216:21 AM+1–31:597:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:008:00 AM to 31:597:59 AM+1

08:008:00 AM sunrise18:556:55 PM sunsetsunrise 31:597:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 11:1311:13 AM
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 15:243:24 PM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 19:307:30 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 13:051:05 PM–13:491:49 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:114:11 PM–17:335:33 PM
Pradoṣa 18:556:55 PM–20:398:39 PM
Niśītha 25:031:03 AM+1–25:511:51 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:491:49 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:335:33 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:398:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:511:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunriseSaptamī
NakṣatraCitrā11:1311:13 AMSvātī
YogaGaṇḍa15:243:24 PMVṛddhi
KaraṇaGara19:307:30 PMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:59 07:597:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2054
Śaka
1919
Kali
5098
Ahargaṇa
1 862 396
Day length
10 h 55 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
24:1912:19 AM+1
Moonset
10:5910:59 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:156:15 AM08:008:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:156:15 AM07:077:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:416:41 AM08:008:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:008:00 AM10:1110:11 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:1110:11 AM12:2212:22 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:1110:11 AM10:5410:54 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4410:44 AM12:0512:05 PMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday13:031:03 PM13:511:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:051:05 PM13:491:49 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:271:27 PM14:492:49 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:332:33 PM16:444:44 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:163:16 PM16:004:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:114:11 PM17:335:33 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:444:44 PM18:556:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:285:28 PM19:167:16 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:556:55 PM20:398:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:556:55 PM19:217:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:556:55 PM20:138:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta24:0812:08 AM+125:011:01 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight25:031:03 AM+125:511:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:124:12 AM+129:595:59 AM+1sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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