Monday 8 August 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 20:298:29 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4410:44 PM.
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
09:349:34 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:5811:58 AM
The Sun 81° above N. Day length 12 h 22 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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05:475:47 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 | 22:4410:44 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 26:23 02:232:23 AM Tue | Svātī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 14:322:32 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 09:349:34 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:015:01 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 | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:207:20 AM | 08:538:53 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:288:28 AM | 10:1610:16 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2510:25 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:121:12 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:311:31 PM | 15:043:04 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:022:02 PM | 14:512:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:512:51 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:096:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:096:09 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:096:09 PM | 18:326:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:096:09 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:137:13 PM | 21:019:01 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |