Wednesday 7 June 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:523:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:411:41+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:422:42 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
13:121:12 PM
The Sun 76° above S. Day length 14 h 35 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
05:555:55 AM to 29:545:54+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 | 25:41 01:411:41 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 16:284:28 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 16:564:56 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 14:422:42 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:394:39 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:394:39 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:016:01 AM | 07:317:31 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:447:44 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2311:23 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:121:12 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:392:39 PM | 17:345:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:582:58 PM | 16:284:28 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:383:38 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:345:34 PM | 20:298:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:298:29 PM | 21:459:45 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:298:29 PM | 20:488:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:298:29 PM | 21:269:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4812:48+1 AM | 25:361:36+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:563:56+1 AM | 29:275:27+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |