Tuesday 19 September 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:311:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0512:05+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:596:59 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5012:50 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
13:071:07 PM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 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
06:596:59 AM to 30:596:59+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 | 24:05 00:0512:05 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 15:073:07 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 26:51 02:512:51 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:5012:50 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:59 06:596:59 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:255:25 AM | 06:596:59 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:255:25 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:485:48 AM | 06:596:59 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:596:59 AM | 09:269:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:269:26 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:269:26 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:311:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:202:20 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:061:06 PM | 14:382:38 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:202:20 PM | 16:474:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:093:09 PM | 15:583:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:104:10 PM | 17:425:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:474:47 PM | 19:147:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:147:14 PM | 20:488:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:147:14 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:147:14 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5611:56 PM | 24:4312:43+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4312:43+1 AM | 25:311:31+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:336:33+1 AM | 32:068:06+1 AM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |