Wednesday 3 December 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:451:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:433:43+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
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At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0811:08 AM
Dhruva gives way to Vyāghāta.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51+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 | 27:43 03:433:43 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 13:281:28 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 11:0811:08 AM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 14:482:48 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:118:11 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 08:468:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:118:11 AM | 10:3210:32 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4311:43 AM | 13:111:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:505:50 PM | 19:357:35 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:184:18+1 AM | 30:036:03+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |