Wednesday 11 September 2013 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:2112:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5410:54 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMuktābharaṇa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
05:195:19 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:388:38 AM
Vaidhṛti gives way to Viṣkambha.
Noon
11:3011:30 AM
The Sun 69° above S. Day length 12 h 24 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
05:195:19 AM to 29:195:19 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 | 10:5410:54 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 28:06 04:064:06 AM Thu | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vaidhṛti | 08:388:38 AM | Viṣkambha |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 10:5410:54 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:195:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:324:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:094:09 AM | 05:195:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:195:19 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:516:51 AM | 08:248:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:538:53 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0611:06 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:031:03 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4512:45 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:341:34 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:076:07 PM | 19:397:39 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0611:06 PM | 23:5411:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |