Monday 6 December 1948 · Dakar, Senegal
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:068:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1110:11 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:059:05 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
13:011:01 PM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 11 h 17 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
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07:227:22 AM to 31:237:23+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 | 22:1110:11 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 28:23 04:234:23 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 18:476:47 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:059:05 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:23 07:237:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:066:06 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:389:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:478:47 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:389:38 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:011:01 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:231:23 PM | 14:092:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:092:09 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:262:26 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:393:39 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:504:50 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:218:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:057:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3712:37+1 AM | 25:251:25+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |