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Saturday 15 January 2005 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:225:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:104:10 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:566:56 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2012:20 PM

Parigha gives way to Śiva.

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 70° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 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 muhūrta05:185:18 AM–06:076:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–06:566:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2712:27 PM–13:141:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:363:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:334:33 PM–18:076:07 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:456:45 PM–19:097:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:456:45 PM–19:587:58 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:566:56 AM–08:248:24 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:566:56 AM–07:437:43 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya07:067:06 AM–08:418:41 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:437:43 AM–08:308:30 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:539:53 AM–11:2211:22 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:192:19 PM–15:473:47 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla06:566:56 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Śubha08:248:24 AM–09:539:53 AMgood
Roga09:539:53 AM–11:2211:22 AMavoid
Udvega11:2211:22 AM–12:5012:50 PMavoid
Cara12:5012:50 PM–14:192:19 PMneutral
Lābha14:192:19 PM–15:473:47 PMgood
Amṛta15:473:47 PM–17:165:16 PMgood
Kāla17:165:16 PM–18:456:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:456:45 PM–20:168:16 PMgood
Udvega20:168:16 PM–21:489:48 PMavoid
Śubha21:489:48 PM–23:1911:19 PMgood
Amṛta23:1911:19 PM–24:5012:50+1 AMgood
Cara24:5012:50+1 AM–26:222:22+1 AMneutral
Roga26:222:22+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:533:53+1 AM–29:255:25+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:255:25+1 AM–30:566:56+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:566:56 AM sunrise18:456:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 16:104:10 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 21:169:16 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 12:2012:20 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 16:104:10 PM
Garauntil 27:533:53+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:539:53 AM–11:2211:22 AM
Abhijit 12:2712:27 PM–13:141:14 PM
Pradoṣa 18:456:45 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:2211:22 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:141:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  6. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:228:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:141:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī16:104:10 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā21:169:16 PMRevatī
YogaParigha12:2012:20 PMŚiva
KaraṇaTaitila16:104:10 PMGara
VāraŚanivāra30:56 06:566:56 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 920
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:2411:24 AM
Moonset
23:4411:44 PM

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 twilight05:435:43 AM06:566:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:566:56 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:566:56 AM08:248:24 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:566:56 AM07:437:43 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:067:06 AM08:418:41 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:437:43 AM08:308:30 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:189:18 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:2211:22 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2712:27 PM13:141:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:012:01 PM16:234:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:192:19 PM15:473:47 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:363:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:234:23 PM18:456:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:334:33 PM18:076:07 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:456:45 PM20:228:22 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:456:45 PM19:097:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:456:45 PM19:587:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2612:26+1 AM25:141:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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