Monday 6 December 1948 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:362:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:414:41 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:158:15 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
12:1412:14 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50 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 | 28:41 04:414:41 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 08:158:15 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:17 01:171:17 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 15:353:35 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:045:04 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:045:04 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:305:30 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 08:598:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:108:10 AM | 09:319:31 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:598:59 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5210:52 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4112:41 PM | 14:272:27 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:351:35 PM | 14:562:56 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:022:02 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:452:45 PM | 15:283:28 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:283:28 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:247:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 18:576:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2011:20 PM | 25:071:07 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |