Thursday 20 August 2015 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 22:5610:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:111:11 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:546:54 AM
Citrā gives way to Svātī.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 18 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:475:47 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 | 25:11 01:111:11 AM Fri | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 06:546:54 AM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Śukla | 26:00 02:002:00 AM Fri | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:0712:07 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:005:00 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:475:47 AM | 07:197:19 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:148:14 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:518:51 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:539:53 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:071:07 PM | 14:542:54 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:281:28 PM | 15:013:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:482:48 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3211:32 PM | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4811:48 PM | 25:341:34 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |