Monday 17 June 1991 · Bucharest, Romania
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 22:4910:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:568:56 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
05:315:31 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:489:48 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
13:161:16 PM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 15 h 31 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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05:315:31 AM to 29:315:31 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 | 20:568:56 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 19:147:14 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vajra | 26:27 02:272:27 AM Tue | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:489:48 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:31 05:315:31 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 05:315:31 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:315:31 AM | 08:378:37 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:277:27 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:507:50 AM | 09:219:21 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:378:37 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2011:20 AM | 13:161:16 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:471:47 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:471:47 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:492:49 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:133:13 PM | 17:095:09 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:523:52 PM | 16:544:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:544:54 PM | 17:565:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:574:57 PM | 18:296:29 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:565:56 PM | 21:029:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 21:029:02 PM | 22:1010:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 21:029:02 PM | 21:199:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 21:029:02 PM | 21:539:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5212:52 AM+1 | 25:401:40 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:043:04 AM+1 | 28:384:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |