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Monday 18 January 2021 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:292:29 AM+1.

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

09:569:56 AM

Parigha gives way to Śiva.

Noon

12:5112:51 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 11 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:5112:51 PM
At noon, 12:5112:51 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 66° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 29% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 66° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:086:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2812:28 PM–13:151:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:492:49 PM–15:373:37 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:466:46 PM–19:107:10 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:466:46 PM–19:597:59 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:108:10 PM–21:559:55 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:258:25 AM–09:549:54 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:429:42 AM–11:2611:26 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2311:23 AM–12:5112:51 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:151:15 PM–14:022:02 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:202:20 PM–15:493:49 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:373:37 PM–16:244:24 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

Amṛta06:576:57 AM–08:258:25 AMgood
Kāla08:258:25 AM–09:549:54 AMavoid
Śubha09:549:54 AM–11:2311:23 AMgood
Roga11:2311:23 AM–12:5112:51 PMavoid
Udvega12:5112:51 PM–14:202:20 PMavoid
Cara14:202:20 PM–15:493:49 PMneutral
Lābha15:493:49 PM–17:175:17 PMgood
Amṛta17:175:17 PM–18:466:46 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:466:46 PM–20:178:17 PMneutral
Roga20:178:17 PM–21:499:49 PMavoid
Kāla21:499:49 PM–23:2011:20 PMavoid
Lābha23:2011:20 PM–24:5112:51 AM+1good
Udvega24:5112:51 AM+1–26:232:23 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:232:23 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1good
Amṛta27:543:54 AM+1–29:255:25 AM+1good
Cara29:255:25 AM+1–30:576:57 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:576:57 AM sunrise18:466:46 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 26:292:29 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 25:251:25 AM+1
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 09:569:56 AM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 13:321:32 PM
Taitilauntil 26:292:29 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:258:25 AM–09:549:54 AM
Abhijit 12:2812:28 PM–13:151:15 PM
Pradoṣa 18:466:46 PM–20:238:23 PM
Niśītha 24:2712:27 AM+1–25:151:15 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:549:54 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:151:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:238:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:151:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī26:29 02:292:29 AM TueSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā25:25 01:251:25 AM TueRevatī
YogaParigha09:569:56 AMŚiva
KaraṇaKaulava13:321:32 PMTaitila
VāraSomavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 767
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:1211:12 AM
Moonset
23:2811:28 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:086:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:435:43 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:258:25 AM09:549:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:189:18 AM11:4011:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:429:42 AM11:2611:26 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2311:23 AM12:5112:51 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2712:27 PM13:151:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2812:28 PM13:151:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:151:15 PM14:022:02 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:022:02 PM16:244:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:202:20 PM15:493:49 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:492:49 PM15:373:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:373:37 PM16:244:24 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:244:24 PM18:466:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:466:46 PM20:238:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:466:46 PM19:107:10 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:466:46 PM19:597:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:108:10 PM21:559:55 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2712:27 AM+125:151:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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