Wednesday 28 October 1987 · Bucharest, Romania
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:2712:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:2210:22 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:476:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:1810:18 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
11:5911:59 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 24 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
06:476:47 AM to 30:486:48+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 | 10:2210:22 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 17:065:06 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 10:1810:18 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 10:2210:22 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:48 06:486:48 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:584:58 AM | 06:476:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:584:58 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:255:25 AM | 06:476:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:476:47 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:058:05 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:4110:41 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5911:59 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:062:06 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:063:06 PM | 17:115:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:115:11 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:115:11 PM | 17:395:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:115:11 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3611:36 PM | 24:2412:24+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:3812:38+1 AM | 26:082:08+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |