Tuesday 29 May 1990 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:0712:07 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:0811:08 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
04:444:44 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:375:37 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 86° above S. Day length 13 h 34 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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04:444:44 AM to 28:444:44+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 | 23:0811:08 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 05:375:37 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 21:359:35 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 11:3211:32 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 28:44 04:444:44 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:213:21 AM | 04:034:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:423:42 AM | 04:444:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:444:44 AM | 07:277:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:277:27 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:277:27 AM | 08:218:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:509:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:471:47 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:552:55 PM | 16:364:36 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 18:186:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:186:18 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:186:18 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:186:18 PM | 19:217:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:246:24 PM | 20:008:00 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2910:29 PM | 23:1011:10 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:593:59+1 AM | 29:355:35+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |