Monday 5 December 1921 · Bucharest, Romania
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:368:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0611:06 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
07:207:20 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:499:49 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 00 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
07:207:20 AM to 31:217:21 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 | 23:0611:06 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | past sunrise | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 23:5211:52 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:499:49 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:206:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:505:50 AM | 07:207:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:207:20 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:278:27 AM | 09:359:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4210:42 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:4412:44 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5812:58 PM | 14:052:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:561:56 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:322:32 PM | 16:204:20 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:204:20 PM | 18:206:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:204:20 PM | 16:504:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:204:20 PM | 17:505:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:567:56 PM | 21:449:44 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |