Monday 9 December 2002 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:383:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:234:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
06:086:08 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:553:55 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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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06:086:08 AM to 30:096:09 AM+1
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 | 28:23 04:234:23 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 16:554:55 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 15:553:55 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:09 06:096:09 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:484:48 AM | 06:086:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:086:08 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:277:27 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:448:44 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:052:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:121:12 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:541:54 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:372:37 PM | 16:444:44 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:444:44 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:444:44 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:444:44 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:526:52 PM | 20:338:33 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |