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Tuesday 22 December 2009 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:163:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:455:45 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:166:16 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:334:33 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:3211:32 AM

The Sun 41° above S. Day length 10 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3211:32 AM
At noon, 11:3211:32 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 64° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 28% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 64° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:284:28 AM–05:225:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:554:55 AM–06:166:16 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1111:11 AM–11:5411:54 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:181:18 PM–14:002:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:165:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:106:10 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:5310:53 PM–24:4112:41 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:228:22 AM–09:059:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:548:54 AM–10:1310:13 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3211:32 AM–12:5212:52 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:0812:08 PM–13:551:55 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:112:11 PM–15:303:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1210:12 PM–23:0611:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga06:166:16 AM–07:357:35 AMavoid
Udvega07:357:35 AM–08:548:54 AMavoid
Cara08:548:54 AM–10:1310:13 AMneutral
Lābha10:1310:13 AM–11:3211:32 AMgood
Amṛta11:3211:32 AM–12:5212:52 PMgood
Kāla12:5212:52 PM–14:112:11 PMavoid
Śubha14:112:11 PM–15:303:30 PMgood
Roga15:303:30 PM–16:494:49 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:494:49 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid
Lābha18:306:30 PM–20:118:11 PMgood
Udvega20:118:11 PM–21:529:52 PMavoid
Śubha21:529:52 PM–23:3311:33 PMgood
Amṛta23:3311:33 PM–25:141:14 AM+1good
Cara25:141:14 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1neutral
Roga26:542:54 AM+1–28:354:35 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:354:35 AM+1–30:166:16 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:166:16 AM to 30:166:16 AM+1

06:166:16 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 30:166:16 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 29:455:45 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 17:095:09 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 16:334:33 PM
Taitilauntil 29:455:45 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1111:11 AM–11:5411:54 AM
Rāhu kāla 14:112:11 PM–15:303:30 PM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:0911:09 PM–23:5711:57 PM

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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:5411:54 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:303:30 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 33 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 23:5711:57 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī29:45 05:455:45 AM WedSaptamī
NakṣatraŚatabhiṣāpast sunrisePūrva Bhādrapadā
YogaVajra17:095:09 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaKaulava16:334:33 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:16 06:166:16 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 722
Day length
10 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
10:0210:02 AM
Moonset
21:569:56 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:284:28 AM06:166:16 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:284:28 AM05:225:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:554:55 AM06:166:16 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:166:16 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM10:2910:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:228:22 AM09:059:05 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:548:54 AM10:1310:13 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:0811:08 AM11:5611:56 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1111:11 AM11:5411:54 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3211:32 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:0812:08 PM13:551:55 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3612:36 PM14:422:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:181:18 PM14:002:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:112:11 PM15:303:30 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:422:42 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:165:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:106:10 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1210:12 PM23:0611:06 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:5310:53 PM24:4112:41 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:0911:09 PM23:5711:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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