Tuesday 25 August 2009 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 05:415:41 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:295:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:336:33 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4912:49 PM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
12:5512:55 PM
The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 42 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
06:336:33 AM to 30:346:34 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 | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Wed | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 27:54 03:543:54 AM Wed | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 12:4912:49 PM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 17:295:29 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:34 06:346:34 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:336:33 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:265:26 AM | 06:336:33 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:336:33 AM | 09:069:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:069:06 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:069:06 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:109:10 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:449:44 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:201:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:302:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:112:11 PM | 16:434:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:023:02 PM | 15:533:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:054:05 PM | 17:415:41 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:434:43 PM | 19:167:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:566:56 PM | 20:348:34 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:167:16 PM | 20:468:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:167:16 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:167:16 PM | 20:248:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:4711:47 PM | 24:3212:32 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |