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Tuesday 17 January 2017 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:092:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:193:19 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:106:10 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:392:39 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 245° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 71% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 245° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:324:32 AM–05:215:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:564:56 AM–06:106:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:317:31 AM–09:139:13 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:3911:39 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:482:48 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:565:56 PM–18:206:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:565:56 PM–19:097:09 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:318:31 AM–09:189:18 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:069:06 AM–10:3510:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0312:03 PM–13:311:31 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:592:59 PM–16:284:28 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:5010:50 PM–23:3811:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya24:1312:13 AM+1–25:581:58 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga06:106:10 AM–07:387:38 AMavoid
Udvega07:387:38 AM–09:069:06 AMavoid
Cara09:069:06 AM–10:3510:35 AMneutral
Lābha10:3510:35 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Amṛta12:0312:03 PM–13:311:31 PMgood
Kāla13:311:31 PM–14:592:59 PMavoid
Śubha14:592:59 PM–16:284:28 PMgood
Roga16:284:28 PM–17:565:56 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:565:56 PM–19:287:28 PMavoid
Lābha19:287:28 PM–20:598:59 PMgood
Udvega20:598:59 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Śubha22:3110:31 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0312:03 AM+1–25:351:35 AM+1good
Cara25:351:35 AM+1–27:063:06 AM+1neutral
Roga27:063:06 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:384:38 AM+1–30:106:10 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:106:10 AM to 30:106:10 AM+1

06:106:10 AM sunrise17:565:56 PM sunsetsunrise 30:106:10 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 27:193:19 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 15:073:07 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Atigaṇḍauntil 26:162:16 AM+1
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 14:392:39 PM
Vaṇijauntil 27:193:19 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3911:39 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:592:59 PM–16:284:28 PM
Pradoṣa 17:565:56 PM–19:347:34 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:284:28 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 46 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:347:34 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  10. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī27:19 03:193:19 AM WedSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī15:073:07 PMHasta
YogaAtigaṇḍa26:16 02:162:16 AM WedSukarmā
KaraṇaGara14:392:39 PMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:10 06:106:10 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 305
Day length
11 h 46 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
22:3810:38 PM
Moonset
10:1210:12 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:324:32 AM06:106:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:324:32 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:564:56 AM06:106:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:106:10 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:317:31 AM09:139:13 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:318:31 AM09:189:18 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:069:06 AM10:3510:35 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3911:39 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:311:31 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM15:353:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:482:48 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:592:59 PM16:284:28 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM17:565:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:565:56 PM19:347:34 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:565:56 PM18:206:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:565:56 PM19:097:09 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5010:50 PM23:3811:38 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:1312:13 AM+125:581:58 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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