Thursday 16 December 1920 · Bucharest, Romania
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:1012:10 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:152:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
07:307:30 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:029:02 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 51 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
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07:307:30 AM to 31:317:31 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 26:15 02:152:15 AM Fri | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 11:3811:38 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 09:029:02 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:161:16 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:31 07:317:31 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:307:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:595:59 AM | 07:307:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:307:30 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:307:30 AM | 08:368:36 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2710:27 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4812:48 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:082:08 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:241:24 PM | 13:591:59 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:591:59 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:214:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:214:21 PM | 18:226:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:214:21 PM | 16:514:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:214:21 PM | 17:525:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:327:32 PM | 21:189:18 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:056:05 AM+1 | 31:507:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |