Monday 3 June 1957 · Queens, New York, United States
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:109:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:416:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
05:265:26 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:557:55 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:5312:53 PM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 14 h 55 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
05:265:26 AM to 29:265:26 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 | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 18:416:41 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 15:413:41 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 21:279:27 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 07:557:55 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:265:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 04:504:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:265:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:265:26 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 09:109:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 11:2411:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0211:02 AM | 12:5412:54 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2412:24 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:181:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:231:23 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:122:12 PM | 15:413:41 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:232:23 PM | 17:225:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:374:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:233:23 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:224:22 PM | 17:225:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:225:22 PM | 20:218:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:218:21 PM | 21:349:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:218:21 PM | 20:398:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:218:21 PM | 21:169:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | 25:171:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:532:53 AM+1 | 28:234:23 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |