Tuesday 13 December 1904 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 09:589:58 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:0512:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:288:28 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 47 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
06:166:16 AM to 30:176:17 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 | 12:0512:05 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | past sunrise | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 08:288:28 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:0512:05 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:17 06:176:17 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:099:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:588:58 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:011:01 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:382:38 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:212:21 PM | 15:423:42 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:542:54 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 18:496:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:305:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2110:21 PM | 23:1411:14 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3611:36 PM | 25:231:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |