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Tuesday 23 January 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Māgha Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 15:253:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:403:40 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:087:08 AM

Uttara Bhādrapadā gives way to Revatī.

Noon

12:0512:05 PM

The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 16 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0512:05 PM
At noon, 12:0512:05 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 70° ahead of it, in Revatī, 33% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 70° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:075:07 AM–06:026:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:355:35 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4511:45 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:481:48 PM–14:292:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM–18:366:36 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:075:07 AM+1–30:456:45 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:009:00 AM–09:429:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:319:31 AM–10:4810:48 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0512:05 PM–13:221:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya19:217:21 PM–20:598:59 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:4310:43 PM–23:3811:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga06:576:57 AM–08:148:14 AMavoid
Udvega08:148:14 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Cara09:319:31 AM–10:4810:48 AMneutral
Lābha10:4810:48 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Amṛta12:0512:05 PM–13:221:22 PMgood
Kāla13:221:22 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Śubha14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMgood
Roga15:563:56 PM–17:135:13 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:135:13 PM–18:566:56 PMavoid
Lābha18:566:56 PM–20:398:39 PMgood
Udvega20:398:39 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–24:0512:05 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0512:05 AM+1–25:481:48 AM+1good
Cara25:481:48 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1neutral
Roga27:313:31 AM+1–29:145:14 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:145:14 AM+1–30:576:57 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57 AM+1

06:576:57 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 15:403:40 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 07:087:08 AM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 08:598:59 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 15:403:40 PM
Garauntil 27:343:34 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4511:45 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:037:03 PM
Niśītha 23:4111:41 PM–24:2912:29 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. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  3. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:563:56 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  7. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 10 h 16 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:037:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2912:29 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī15:403:40 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā07:087:08 AMRevatī
YogaŚiva08:598:59 AMSiddha
KaraṇaTaitila15:403:40 PMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 676
Day length
10 h 16 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
10:3610:36 AM
Moonset
23:0711:07 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:075:07 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:075:07 AM06:026:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:355:35 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM09:009:00 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:009:00 AM11:0411:04 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:009:00 AM09:429:42 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:4810:48 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4511:45 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:481:48 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:392:39 PM15:563:56 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:135:13 PM19:037:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:135:13 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:135:13 PM18:366:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:217:21 PM20:598:59 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4310:43 PM23:3811:38 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4111:41 PM24:2912:29 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:075:07 AM+130:456:45 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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