Thursday 9 October 1986 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 10:1910:19 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:517:51 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī does not reach the first muhūrta after sunrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:517:51 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:2111:21 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:305:30+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 | 07:517:51 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 23:3911:39 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 24:50 00:5012:50 AM Fri | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 07:517:51 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:164:16 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 07:507:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:295:29 AM | 06:576:57 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:507:50 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:448:44 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3112:31 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:172:17 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:181:18 PM | 14:052:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:052:05 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:522:52 PM | 17:135:13 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:135:13 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:135:13 PM | 17:375:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:135:13 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:415:41 PM | 19:107:10 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0910:09 PM | 23:3911:39 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5710:57 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |