Sunday 6 November 2016 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:1811:18 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:4712:47 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:006:00 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4712:47 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 13 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
06:006:00 AM to 30:006:00+1 AM
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 | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 27:44 03:443:44 AM Mon | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Śūla | 26:17 02:172:17 AM Mon | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:4712:47 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:00 06:006:00 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 06:006:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:434:43 AM | 06:006:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:006:00 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3710:37 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:001:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:242:24 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:582:58 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:433:43 PM | 16:284:28 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:483:48 PM | 17:125:12 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:125:12 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:125:12 PM | 17:385:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:125:12 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:538:53 PM | 22:3610:36 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |