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Sunday 14 January 2001 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:0011:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:059:05 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:588:58 AM

Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.

Noon

12:0512:05 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0512:05 PM
At noon, 12:0512:05 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 247° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 69% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 247° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:568:56 AM–10:2610:26 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:192:19 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:524:52 PM–17:205:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:524:52 PM–18:186:18 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:353:35 PM–16:134:13 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:5211:52 PM–25:251:25 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Udvega07:187:18 AM–08:308:30 AMavoid
Cara08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMneutral
Lābha09:419:41 AM–10:5310:53 AMgood
Amṛta10:5310:53 AM–12:0512:05 PMgood
Kāla12:0512:05 PM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Śubha13:161:16 PM–14:282:28 PMgood
Roga14:282:28 PM–15:403:40 PMavoid
Udvega15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha16:524:52 PM–18:406:40 PMgood
Amṛta18:406:40 PM–20:288:28 PMgood
Cara20:288:28 PM–22:1610:16 PMneutral
Roga22:1610:16 PM–24:0412:04 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:0412:04 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:531:53 AM+1–27:413:41 AM+1good
Udvega27:413:41 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:295:29 AM+1–31:177:17 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:524:52 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 21:059:05 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 15:433:43 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 08:588:58 AM
Atigaṇḍauntil 30:276:27 AM+1
Sukarmāpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 09:589:58 AM
Vaṇijauntil 21:059:05 PM
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:403:40 PM–16:524:52 PM
Pradoṣa 16:524:52 PM–18:476:47 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28 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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  3. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:524:52 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  6. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 34 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:476:47 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SukarmāYoga: Atigaṇḍa ends.
  13. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī21:059:05 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī15:433:43 PMHasta
YogaŚobhana08:588:58 AMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaGara09:589:58 AMVaṇija
VāraRavivāra31:17 07:177:17 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 458
Day length
9 h 34 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
22:5110:51 PM
Moonset
10:4310:43 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:568:56 AM10:2610:26 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:0512:05 PM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM14:572:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:192:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:282:28 PM15:403:40 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:572:57 PM16:524:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:353:35 PM16:134:13 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:403:40 PM16:524:52 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk16:524:52 PM18:476:47 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:524:52 PM17:205:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:524:52 PM18:186:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:5211:52 PM25:251:25 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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