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Monday 30 December 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:523:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:306:30+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:046:04 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:135:13 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 244° ahead of it, in Pūrva 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 muhūrta04:254:25 AM–05:145:14 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:504:50 AM–06:046:04 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:1912:19 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:531:53 PM–14:402:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:475:47 PM–18:126:12 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:475:47 PM–19:017:01 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:098:09 PM–21:579:57 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:327:32 AM–08:598:59 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:199:19 AM–11:0811:08 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2710:27 AM–11:5511:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1912:19 PM–13:061:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:231:23 PM–14:512:51 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:402:40 PM–15:273:27 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

Amṛta06:046:04 AM–07:327:32 AMgood
Kāla07:327:32 AM–08:598:59 AMavoid
Śubha08:598:59 AM–10:2710:27 AMgood
Roga10:2710:27 AM–11:5511:55 AMavoid
Udvega11:5511:55 AM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Cara13:231:23 PM–14:512:51 PMneutral
Lābha14:512:51 PM–16:194:19 PMgood
Amṛta16:194:19 PM–17:475:47 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:475:47 PM–19:197:19 PMneutral
Roga19:197:19 PM–20:518:51 PMavoid
Kāla20:518:51 PM–22:2410:24 PMavoid
Lābha22:2410:24 PM–23:5611:56 PMgood
Udvega23:5611:56 PM–25:281:28+1 AMavoid
Śubha25:281:28+1 AM–27:003:00+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:003:00+1 AM–28:324:32+1 AMgood
Cara28:324:32+1 AM–30:046:04+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:046:04 AM to 30:046:04+1 AM

06:046:04 AM sunrise17:475:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:046:04+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 27:223:22+1 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 22:1410:14 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 17:135:13 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:327:32 AM–08:598:59 AM
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:1912:19 PM
Pradoṣa 17:475:47 PM–19:257:25 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20+1 AM

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 08:598:59 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1912:19 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:257:25 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  10. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunriseSaptamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī27:22 03:223:22 AM TueUttara Phalgunī
YogaĀyuṣmān22:1410:14 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaGara17:135:13 PMVaṇija
VāraSomavāra30:04 06:046:04 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 982
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
22:2710:27 PM
Moonset
10:0710:07 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:254:25 AM06:046:04 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:254:25 AM05:145:14 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:504:50 AM06:046:04 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:046:04 AM08:248:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:327:32 AM08:598:59 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:248:24 AM10:4510:45 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:199:19 AM11:0811:08 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2710:27 AM11:5511:55 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:1912:19 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1912:19 PM13:061:06 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM15:273:27 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:231:23 PM14:512:51 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:531:53 PM14:402:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:402:40 PM15:273:27 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:273:27 PM17:475:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:475:47 PM19:257:25 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:475:47 PM18:126:12 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:475:47 PM19:017:01 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:098:09 PM21:579:57 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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