Tuesday 6 December 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:428:42 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:519:51 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 61° 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
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05:525:52 AM to 29:525:52+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 | 20:428:42 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 26:46 02:462:46 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 19:267:26 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:519:51 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:384:38 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:525:52 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:068:06 AM | 09:359:35 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:128:12 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:488:48 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4411:44 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:084:08 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:035:03 PM | 18:336:33 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:147:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3010:30 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |