Monday 4 October 2004 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:1712:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:312:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1512:15 PM
Vyatīpāta gives way to Varīyān.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 12 h 02 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 14:312:31 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 28:06 04:064:06 AM Tue | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 12:1512:15 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 14:312:31 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:284:28 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:058:05 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:107:10 AM | 08:418:41 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:297:29 AM | 09:179:17 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:058:05 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1110:11 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:302:30 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:187:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:146:14 PM | 20:028:02 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |