Monday 21 August 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:145:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:384:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:356:35 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3210:32 AM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
13:161:16 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 21 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
06:356:35 AM to 30:366:36+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 16:384:38 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 10:3210:32 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 25:19 01:191:19 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 16:384:38 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:36 06:366:36 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:105:10 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:105:10 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:325:32 AM | 06:356:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:356:35 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:158:15 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:161:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:421:42 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:362:36 PM | 17:165:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:562:56 PM | 16:364:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:293:29 PM | 16:234:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:234:23 PM | 17:165:16 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:165:16 PM | 19:567:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:567:56 PM | 21:219:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:567:56 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:567:56 PM | 21:009:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:038:03 PM | 21:389:38 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52+1 AM | 25:401:40+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:345:34+1 AM | 31:097:09+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |