Tuesday 18 October 1977 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:3211:32 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:588:58 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī does not reach the first muhūrta after sunrise on either day. Boundary: no day qualifies and the rule does not say what then. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:186:18 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:588:58 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:5911:59 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 22 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
06:186:18 AM to 30:196:19+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 | 08:588:58 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 09:209:20 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 18:016:01 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 08:588:58 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:19 06:196:19 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:025:02 AM | 06:186:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:186:18 AM | 08:358:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:517:51 AM | 09:209:20 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:358:35 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:358:35 AM | 09:209:20 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:099:09 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5911:59 AM | 13:241:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:531:53 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:502:50 PM | 16:154:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:217:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:206:20 PM | 19:507:50 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:3411:34 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3511:35 PM | 24:2312:23+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:203:20+1 AM | 28:504:50+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |