Tuesday 20 December 1955 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:249:24 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4810:48 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
07:487:48 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1010:10 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 50 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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07:487:48 AM to 31:497:49 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 | 22:4810:48 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 28:38 04:384:38 AM Wed | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 19:247:24 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:1010:10 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:49 07:497:49 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:475:47 AM | 07:487:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:475:47 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:176:17 AM | 07:487:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:487:48 AM | 09:349:34 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:349:34 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:349:34 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3610:36 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:252:25 PM | 15:313:31 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:522:52 PM | 16:384:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:384:38 PM | 18:396:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:384:38 PM | 17:085:08 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:384:38 PM | 18:096:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:548:54 PM | 22:3710:37 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4210:42 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |