Friday 10 June 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 22:1010:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:3610:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
04:404:40 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:057:05 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 79° above S. Day length 14 h 25 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
04:404:40 AM to 28:404:40+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 | 22:3610:36 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 07:057:05 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 26:40 02:402:40 AM Sat | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:1710:17 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:40 04:404:40 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:404:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:243:24 AM | 04:024:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:433:43 AM | 04:404:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:404:40 AM | 07:337:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:275:27 AM | 07:057:05 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:296:29 AM | 08:178:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:337:33 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:337:33 AM | 08:318:31 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0510:05 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:172:17 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:293:29 PM | 17:175:17 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:124:12 PM | 19:057:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:057:05 PM | 20:228:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:057:05 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:057:05 PM | 20:038:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:477:47 PM | 21:299:29 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |