Monday 23 August 2027 · Pyongyang, North Korea
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:1612:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2312:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:2412:24 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:4012:40 PM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 24 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 24:23 00:2312:23 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 15:423:42 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 28:49 04:494:49 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 12:2412:24 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:334:33 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:334:33 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:544:54 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:387:38 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:128:12 AM | 09:529:52 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 11:1911:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5910:59 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3211:32 AM | 13:121:12 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:061:06 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:002:00 PM | 16:414:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:202:20 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:542:54 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:473:47 PM | 16:414:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:414:41 PM | 19:227:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:227:22 PM | 20:478:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:227:22 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:227:22 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1612:16 AM+1 | 25:041:04 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:281:28 AM+1 | 27:063:06 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |