Friday 14 June 2013 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:1311:13 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3212:32 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
05:385:38 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5711:57 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 74° above N. Day length 12 h 31 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
05:385:38 AM to 29:385:38 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 | 24:32 00:3212:32 AM Sat | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 26:43 02:432:43 AM Sat | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 14:132:13 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 11:5711:57 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:38 05:385:38 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:064:06 AM | 05:385:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:064:06 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:385:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:385:38 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:127:12 AM | 08:458:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:088:08 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1910:19 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:081:08 PM | 15:383:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:451:45 PM | 15:293:29 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:013:01 PM | 16:344:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:383:38 PM | 18:086:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:086:08 PM | 19:407:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:086:08 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:086:08 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 25:511:51 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |