Monday 23 November 2009 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:0410:04 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:4712:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 32 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMitra Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4712:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 57 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 12:4712:47 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 21:289:28 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 13:471:47 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:4712:47 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:265:26 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:265:26 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:107:10 AM | 09:229:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:338:33 AM | 09:559:55 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:229:22 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:011:01 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:451:45 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:012:01 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:282:28 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:123:12 PM | 15:563:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:563:56 PM | 18:086:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:086:08 PM | 19:527:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:086:08 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:086:08 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:581:58 AM+1 | 27:463:46 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |