Saturday 2 December 2000 · Xining, Qinghai, China
Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:505:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:318:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
08:088:08 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:299:29 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
13:021:02 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 49 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
08:088:08 AM to 32:098:09+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 | 20:318:31 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 09:299:29 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 10:0910:09 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 20:318:31 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 32:09 08:098:09 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:146:14 AM | 08:088:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:146:14 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:436:43 AM | 08:088:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:088:08 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:219:21 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:088:08 AM | 08:478:47 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:478:47 AM | 09:269:26 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0610:06 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:3510:35 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:581:58 PM | 15:463:46 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:162:16 PM | 15:303:30 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:402:40 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:507:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 25:271:27+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4612:46+1 AM | 26:332:33+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |