Tuesday 2 September 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 09:069:06 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:476:47 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:476:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:3411:34 AM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 12 h 37 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:155:15 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 | 06:476:47 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 16:514:51 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 12:5812:58 PM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 06:476:47 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:15 05:155:15 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:443:44 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:443:44 AM | 04:294:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:074:07 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 07:467:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:467:46 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:467:46 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:248:24 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:368:36 AM | 10:0610:06 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1011:10 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:184:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:237:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:388:38 PM | 22:0810:08 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2510:25 PM | 23:1111:11 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |