Tuesday 22 August 1989 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 15:343:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:5712:57 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī boundary
At sunrise
06:276:27 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5712:57 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
13:181:18 PM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 13 h 43 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
06:276:27 AM to 30:286:28 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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 12:5712:57 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 28:16 04:164:16 AM Wed | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 18:306:30 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:5712:57 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:28 06:286:28 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:055:05 AM | 06:276:27 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:055:05 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:255:25 AM | 06:276:27 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:276:27 AM | 09:119:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:119:11 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:119:11 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:529:52 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5412:54 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:181:18 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:402:40 PM | 17:255:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:502:50 PM | 16:194:19 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:353:35 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:444:44 PM | 18:276:27 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:255:25 PM | 20:098:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:098:09 PM | 21:329:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:098:09 PM | 20:308:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:098:09 PM | 21:119:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4711:47 PM | 25:171:17 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 25:431:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |