Wednesday 4 September 2019 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:581:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1512:15 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMuktābharaṇa Vrata boundary
At sunrise
05:455:45 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5910:59 AM
Indra gives way to Vaidhṛti.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 90° above N. Day length 12 h 13 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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05:455:45 AM to 29:455:45+1 AM
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 | 12:1512:15 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 18:376:37 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 10:5910:59 AM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:1512:15 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:455:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:455:45 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:177:17 AM | 08:488:48 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0610:06 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5211:52 AM | 13:231:23 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:051:05 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:541:54 PM | 14:432:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:323:32 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:327:32 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:097:09 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3710:37 PM | 24:1412:14+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |