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Monday 17 April 2017 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 19:467:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0610:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:105:10 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:588:58 AM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:3311:33 AM

The Sun 75° above S. Day length 12 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3311:33 AM
At noon, 11:3311:33 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 247° ahead of it, in Mūla, 69% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 247° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:403:40 AM–04:254:25 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:034:03 AM–05:105:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:529:52 AM–11:4011:40 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:575:57 PM–18:206:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:575:57 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5911:59 AM–12:5012:50 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:243:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya15:153:15 PM–17:035:03 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Varjya27:423:42 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Amṛta05:105:10 AM–06:466:46 AMgood
Kāla06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AMavoid
Śubha08:228:22 AM–09:589:58 AMgood
Roga09:589:58 AM–11:3411:34 AMavoid
Udvega11:3411:34 AM–13:101:10 PMavoid
Cara13:101:10 PM–14:452:45 PMneutral
Lābha14:452:45 PM–16:214:21 PMgood
Amṛta16:214:21 PM–17:575:57 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:575:57 PM–19:217:21 PMneutral
Roga19:217:21 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Kāla20:458:45 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Lābha22:0910:09 PM–23:3311:33 PMgood
Udvega23:3311:33 PM–24:5712:57 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5712:57 AM+1–26:212:21 AM+1good
Amṛta26:212:21 AM+1–27:453:45 AM+1good
Cara27:453:45 AM+1–29:095:09 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:105:10 AM to 29:095:09 AM+1

05:105:10 AM sunrise17:575:57 PM sunsetsunrise 29:095:09 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 22:0610:06 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 17:035:03 PM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 10:1610:16 AM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 08:588:58 AM
Vaṇijauntil 22:0610:06 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:466:46 AM–08:228:22 AM
Abhijit 11:0811:08 AM–11:5911:59 AM
Pradoṣa 17:575:57 PM–19:277:27 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:228:22 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 47 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:277:27 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 23:5711:57 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī22:0610:06 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraMūla17:035:03 PMPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaParigha10:1610:16 AMŚiva
KaraṇaGara08:588:58 AMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra29:09 05:095:09 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 395
Day length
12 h 47 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
23:1311:13 PM
Moonset
09:289:28 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:403:40 AM05:105:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:403:40 AM04:254:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:034:03 AM05:105:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:105:10 AM07:437:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:466:46 AM08:228:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:437:43 AM10:1710:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:529:52 AM11:4011:40 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:3411:34 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0811:08 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1011:10 AM11:5811:58 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5911:59 AM12:5012:50 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:101:10 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:243:24 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:153:15 PM17:035:03 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:575:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:575:57 PM19:277:27 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:575:57 PM18:206:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:575:57 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:0911:09 PM23:5711:57 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:423:42 AM+129:285:28 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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