Sunday 29 April 2001 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:5812:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:0911:09 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 46 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:005:00 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0911:09 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3111:31 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 13 h 03 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
05:005:00 AM to 28:594:59+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 | 11:0911:09 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 21:389:38 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 17:585:58 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:0911:09 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:323:32 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:164:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:543:54 AM | 05:005:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:005:00 AM | 07:367:36 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:367:36 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:091:09 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 16:254:25 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:263:26 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:194:19 PM | 17:115:11 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 18:036:03 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:317:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:217:21 PM | 20:538:53 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0711:07 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |