Monday 13 December 1999 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Pañcamī began at 04:454:45 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:426:42 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Pañcamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:426:42 AM
Pañcamī gives way to Ṣaṣṭhī.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:555:55 AM to 29:555:55+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Pañcamī | 06:426:42 AM | Ṣaṣṭhī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 25:18 01:181:18 AM Tue | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Tue | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 06:426:42 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:555:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:555:55 AM | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:237:23 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1910:19 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1012:10 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5712:57 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5712:57 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:151:15 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:012:01 PM | 15:453:45 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |