Friday 22 August 2008 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Śukravāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:531:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0112:01 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī determinate
At sunrise
06:356:35 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0112:01 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 84° above N. Day length 12 h 16 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
06:356:35 AM to 30:356:35+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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 12:0112:01 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 26:57 02:572:57 AM Sat | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 16:364:36 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 12:0112:01 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:35 06:356:35 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:025:02 AM | 06:356:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:025:02 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:255:25 AM | 06:356:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:356:35 AM | 09:039:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:078:07 AM | 09:399:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:039:03 AM | 11:3011:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:039:03 AM | 09:529:52 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1111:11 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:081:08 PM | 13:571:57 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:181:18 PM | 14:492:49 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:571:57 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:462:46 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:473:47 PM | 17:195:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:516:51 PM | 20:258:25 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:516:51 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:516:51 PM | 20:028:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2410:24 PM | 23:5511:55 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 25:071:07+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |