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Tuesday 12 April 2016 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:579:57 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:118:11 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:145:14 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:588:58 AM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

11:3511:35 AM

The Sun 74° above S. Day length 12 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3511:35 AM
At noon, 11:3511:35 AM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 67° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 31% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 67° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:443:44 AM–04:294:29 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:064:06 AM–05:145:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:322:32 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:555:55 PM–18:186:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:555:55 PM–19:037:03 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:052:05 AM+1–27:393:39 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta07:477:47 AM–08:378:37 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:258:25 AM–10:0010:00 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3511:35 AM–13:101:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:452:45 PM–16:204:20 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:378:37 PM–22:1110:11 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2610:26 PM–23:1211:12 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

Roga05:145:14 AM–06:496:49 AMavoid
Udvega06:496:49 AM–08:258:25 AMavoid
Cara08:258:25 AM–10:0010:00 AMneutral
Lābha10:0010:00 AM–11:3511:35 AMgood
Amṛta11:3511:35 AM–13:101:10 PMgood
Kāla13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMavoid
Śubha14:452:45 PM–16:204:20 PMgood
Roga16:204:20 PM–17:555:55 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:555:55 PM–19:207:20 PMavoid
Lābha19:207:20 PM–20:458:45 PMgood
Udvega20:458:45 PM–22:1010:10 PMavoid
Śubha22:1010:10 PM–23:3411:34 PMgood
Amṛta23:3411:34 PM–24:5912:59 AM+1good
Cara24:5912:59 AM+1–26:242:24 AM+1neutral
Roga26:242:24 AM+1–27:493:49 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:493:49 AM+1–29:135:13 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:145:14 AM to 29:135:13 AM+1

05:145:14 AM sunrise17:555:55 PM sunsetsunrise 29:135:13 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 20:118:11 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 12:2412:24 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 14:192:19 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 08:588:58 AM
Taitilauntil 20:118:11 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:0911:09 AM–12:0012:00 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:452:45 PM–16:204:20 PM
Pradoṣa 17:555:55 PM–19:267:26 PM
Niśītha 23:1011:10 PM–23:5811:58 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. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0012:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  5. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:204:20 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 41 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:267:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 23:5811:58 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī20:118:11 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā12:2412:24 PMĀrdrā
YogaŚobhana14:192:19 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaKaulava08:588:58 AMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:13 05:135:13 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 025
Day length
12 h 41 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
09:339:33 AM
Moonset
23:1111:11 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:443:44 AM05:145:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:443:44 AM04:294:29 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:064:06 AM05:145:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:145:14 AM07:477:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon07:477:47 AM10:1910:19 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:477:47 AM08:378:37 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:258:25 AM10:0010:00 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0911:09 AM12:0012:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1111:11 AM11:5911:59 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3511:35 AM13:101:10 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:322:32 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:452:45 PM16:204:20 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:555:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:555:55 PM19:267:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:555:55 PM18:186:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:555:55 PM19:037:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:378:37 PM22:1110:11 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2610:26 PM23:1211:12 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1011:10 PM23:5811:58 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:052:05 AM+127:393:39 AM+1sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
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