Tuesday 14 December 1999 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:426:42 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:058:05 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:555:55 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:058:05 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
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 29:565:56+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 Ṣaṣṭhī | 08:058:05 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 26:43 02:432:43 AM Wed | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 28:29 04:294:29 AM Wed | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:058:05 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:56 05:565:56 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
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 | 04:424:42 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 |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:168:16 AM | 09:039:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:518:51 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:558:55 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:151:15 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5812:58 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:432:43 PM | 16:114:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| 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 | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:536:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:057:05 PM | 20:478:47 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3410:34 PM | 23:2311:23 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |