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Tuesday 14 January 1997 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 09:119:11 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:047:04 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:566:56 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:047:04 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

12:5012:50 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:5012:50 PM
At noon, 12:5012:50 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 75° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 37% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 75° falls in Śukla Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:185:18 AM–06:076:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:425:42 AM–06:566:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:459:45 AM–11:1611:16 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:141:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:353:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:446:44 PM–19:097:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:446:44 PM–19:577:57 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:179:17 AM–10:0510:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5012:50 PM–14:182:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:473:47 PM–17:165:16 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:3711:37 PM–24:2612:26+1 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya25:581:58+1 AM–27:313:31+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Roga06:566:56 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Udvega08:248:24 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Cara09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMneutral
Lābha11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PMgood
Amṛta12:5012:50 PM–14:182:18 PMgood
Kāla14:182:18 PM–15:473:47 PMavoid
Śubha15:473:47 PM–17:165:16 PMgood
Roga17:165:16 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:446:44 PM–20:168:16 PMavoid
Lābha20:168:16 PM–21:479:47 PMgood
Udvega21:479:47 PM–23:1911:19 PMavoid
Śubha23:1911:19 PM–24:5012:50+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:5012:50+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMgood
Cara26:212:21+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMneutral
Roga27:533:53+1 AM–29:245:24+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:245:24+1 AM–30:566:56+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:566:56 AM to 30:566:56+1 AM

06:566:56 AM sunrise18:446:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 07:047:04 AM
Saptamīuntil 29:345:34+1 AM
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 14:172:17 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 07:427:42 AM
Śivauntil 29:155:15+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 07:047:04 AM
Garauntil 18:146:14 PM
Vaṇijauntil 29:345:34+1 AM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:141:14 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:473:47 PM–17:165:16 PM
Pradoṣa 18:446:44 PM–20:228:22 PM
Niśītha 24:2612:26+1 AM–25:141:14+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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  3. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  4. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:141:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  7. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:165:16 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  8. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  9. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  10. PradoṣaUntil 20:228:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:141:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  13. AṣṭamīTithi: Saptamī ends.
  14. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  15. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī07:047:04 AMSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā14:172:17 PMRevatī
YogaParigha07:427:42 AMŚiva
KaraṇaTaitila07:047:04 AMGara
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:56 06:566:56 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2053
Śaka
1918
Kali
5097
Ahargaṇa
1 861 997
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3911:39 AM
Moonset
24:0412:04+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:185:18 AM06:566:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:185:18 AM06:076:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:425:42 AM06:566:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:566:56 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:179:17 AM10:0510:05 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:459:45 AM11:1611:16 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:2111:21 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5012:50 PM14:182:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:012:01 PM16:224:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:473:47 PM17:165:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:224:22 PM18:446:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:446:44 PM20:228:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:446:44 PM19:097:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:446:44 PM19:577:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3711:37 PM24:2612:26+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2612:26+1 AM25:141:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:581:58+1 AM27:313:31+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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