Monday 17 September 2007 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 19:407:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0110:01 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:435:43 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:528:52 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 85° above S. Day length 12 h 08 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
05:435:43 AM to 29:435:43 AM+1
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 | 22:0110:01 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Tue | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 21:249:24 PM | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 08:528:52 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:43 05:435:43 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:084:08 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:435:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:435:43 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:147:14 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:227:22 AM | 09:099:09 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:181:18 PM | 14:492:49 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:372:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:372:37 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:263:26 PM | 17:515:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:515:51 PM | 19:267:26 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:515:51 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:515:51 PM | 19:027:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:056:05 PM | 19:527:52 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |