Monday 7 November 2005 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 22:0510:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:058:05 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:007:00 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 04 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:465:46 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 | 20:058:05 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 08:328:32 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 07:007:00 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:069:06 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:46 05:465:46 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:024:02 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:024:02 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 07:587:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:328:32 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:587:58 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:549:54 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5310:53 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4012:40 PM | 14:032:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:081:08 PM | 13:521:52 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:521:52 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:372:37 PM | 16:494:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:054:05 PM | 17:365:36 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:494:49 PM | 18:336:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:494:49 PM | 17:155:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:494:49 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:091:09 AM+1 | 26:402:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |