Tuesday 21 September 1993 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:361:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5011:50 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMuktābharaṇa Vrata boundary
At sunrise
05:225:22 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5011:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:2711:27 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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
05:225:22 AM to 29:235:23+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 | 11:5011:50 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 11:5511:55 AM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 20:458:45 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:5011:50 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:23 05:235:23 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:483:48 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:354:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:114:11 AM | 05:225:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:225:22 AM | 07:487:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:487:48 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:487:48 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:5812:58 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4012:40 PM | 15:063:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:172:17 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:292:29 PM | 16:004:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:063:06 PM | 17:315:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:275:27 PM | 19:027:02 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:315:31 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:315:31 PM | 17:555:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:315:31 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1610:16 PM | 23:0311:03 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0311:03 PM | 23:5111:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:552:55+1 AM | 28:304:30+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |