Monday 5 December 2016 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:5611:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:2712:27 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:028:02 AM
Śravaṇa gives way to Dhaniṣṭhā.
Noon
11:2511:25 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 38 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
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06:066:06 AM to 30:066:06 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 | 24:27 00:2712:27 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 08:028:02 AM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 26:25 02:252:25 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:1612:16 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:06 06:066:06 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:125:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:257:25 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:501:50 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:042:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:531:53 PM | 14:362:36 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:362:36 PM | 16:434:43 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:434:43 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:434:43 PM | 17:105:10 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:434:43 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0810:08 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0111:01 PM | 23:4911:49 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |