Wednesday 25 October 2017 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:0812:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:462:46 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:158:15 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:395:39 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 | 26:46 02:462:46 AM Thu | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 11:1811:18 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 08:158:15 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:271:27 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 08:028:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:388:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:028:02 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:309:30 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:061:06 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4812:48 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:345:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:345:34 PM | 19:117:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:345:34 PM | 17:585:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:345:34 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:0810:08 PM | 23:5611:56 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |