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Tuesday 22 December 2009 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 07:167:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 33:459:45 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:287:28 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:038:03 AM

Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.

Noon

12:5112:51 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram12:5112:51 PM
At noon, 12:5112:51 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 63° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 27% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 63° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:356:35 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:096:09 AM–07:287:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3012:30 PM–13:131:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:223:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:146:14 PM–18:416:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:146:14 PM–19:337:33 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:532:53 AM+1–28:414:41 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:389:38 AM–10:2110:21 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1010:10 AM–11:3111:31 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5112:51 PM–14:122:12 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:333:33 PM–16:534:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:084:08 PM–17:555:55 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:3211:32 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga07:287:28 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Udvega08:498:49 AM–10:1010:10 AMavoid
Cara10:1010:10 AM–11:3111:31 AMneutral
Lābha11:3111:31 AM–12:5112:51 PMgood
Amṛta12:5112:51 PM–14:122:12 PMgood
Kāla14:122:12 PM–15:333:33 PMavoid
Śubha15:333:33 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Roga16:534:53 PM–18:146:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:146:14 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Lābha19:537:53 PM–21:339:33 PMgood
Udvega21:339:33 PM–23:1211:12 PMavoid
Śubha23:1211:12 PM–24:5112:51 AM+1good
Amṛta24:5112:51 AM+1–26:312:31 AM+1good
Cara26:312:31 AM+1–28:104:10 AM+1neutral
Roga28:104:10 AM+1–29:505:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:505:50 AM+1–31:297:29 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:287:28 AM to 31:297:29 AM+1

07:287:28 AM sunrise18:146:14 PM sunsetsunrise 31:297:29 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 08:038:03 AM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 21:099:09 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 20:338:33 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:3012:30 PM–13:131:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:333:33 PM–16:534:53 PM
Pradoṣa 18:146:14 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 24:2712:27 AM+1–25:151:15 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:131:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:534:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 46 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:151:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunriseSaptamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā08:038:03 AMŚatabhiṣā
YogaVajra21:099:09 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaKaulava20:338:33 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:29 07:297:29 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 722
Day length
10 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:1511:15 AM
Moonset
23:1111:11 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:287:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:356:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:096:09 AM07:287:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:287:28 AM09:389:38 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:389:38 AM11:4711:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:389:38 AM10:2110:21 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1010:10 AM11:3111:31 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2712:27 PM13:151:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3012:30 PM13:131:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5112:51 PM14:122:12 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:561:56 PM16:054:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:223:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:333:33 PM16:534:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:054:05 PM18:146:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:084:08 PM17:555:55 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:146:14 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:146:14 PM18:416:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:146:14 PM19:337:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3211:32 PM24:2512:25 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2712:27 AM+125:151:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:532:53 AM+128:414:41 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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