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Tuesday 12 January 1909 · Erbil, Iraq

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:173:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:495:49 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:137:13 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:344:34 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:0912:09 PM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonErbil12:0912:09 PM
At noon, 12:0912:09 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 244° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 72% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 244° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:166:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:485:48 AM–07:137:13 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5011:50 AM–12:2912:29 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:481:48 PM–14:282:28 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:065:06 PM–17:345:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:065:06 PM–18:316:31 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:156:15 PM–20:038:03 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:287:28 AM–09:169:16 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:119:11 AM–09:519:51 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:419:41 AM–10:5510:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0912:09 PM–13:241:24 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:382:38 PM–15:523:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4510:45 PM–23:4111:41 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

Roga07:137:13 AM–08:278:27 AMavoid
Udvega08:278:27 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Cara09:419:41 AM–10:5510:55 AMneutral
Lābha10:5510:55 AM–12:0912:09 PMgood
Amṛta12:0912:09 PM–13:241:24 PMgood
Kāla13:241:24 PM–14:382:38 PMavoid
Śubha14:382:38 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Roga15:523:52 PM–17:065:06 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:065:06 PM–18:526:52 PMavoid
Lābha18:526:52 PM–20:388:38 PMgood
Udvega20:388:38 PM–22:2310:23 PMavoid
Śubha22:2310:23 PM–24:0912:09 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0912:09 AM+1–25:551:55 AM+1good
Cara25:551:55 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1neutral
Roga27:413:41 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:275:27 AM+1–31:137:13 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:137:13 AM to 31:137:13 AM+1

07:137:13 AM sunrise17:065:06 PM sunsetsunrise 31:137:13 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 29:495:49 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 26:212:21 AM+1
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 20:568:56 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 16:344:34 PM
Vaṇijauntil 29:495:49 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5011:50 AM–12:2912:29 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:382:38 PM–15:523:52 PM
Pradoṣa 17:065:06 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:4511:45 PM–24:3312:33 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2912:29 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:523:52 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 53 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3312:33 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  10. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī29:49 05:495:49 AM WedSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī26:21 02:212:21 AM WedHasta
YogaŚobhana20:568:56 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaGara16:344:34 PMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:13 07:137:13 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1965
Śaka
1830
Kali
5009
Ahargaṇa
1 829 853
Day length
9 h 53 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
22:3410:34 PM
Moonset
10:4410:44 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:137:13 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:166:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:485:48 AM07:137:13 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:137:13 AM09:119:11 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:287:28 AM09:169:16 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:119:11 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:119:11 AM09:519:51 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5510:55 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4511:45 AM12:3312:33 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5011:50 AM12:2912:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0912:09 PM13:241:24 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:091:09 PM15:073:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:481:48 PM14:282:28 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:382:38 PM15:523:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:073:07 PM17:065:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:065:06 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:065:06 PM17:345:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:065:06 PM18:316:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:156:15 PM20:038:03 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4510:45 PM23:4111:41 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4511:45 PM24:3312:33 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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