Thursday 20 December 2001 · Queens, New York, United States
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:419:41 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0912:09 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:167:16 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5410:54 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 15 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
07:167:16 AM to 31:167:16 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 | 24:09 00:0912:09 AM Fri | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 29:11 05:115:11 AM Fri | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 18:306:30 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 10:5410:54 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:16 07:167:16 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:185:18 AM | 07:167:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:185:18 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 07:167:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:167:16 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:349:34 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2010:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2110:21 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:122:12 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:261:26 PM | 14:032:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:032:03 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:402:40 PM | 16:314:31 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:314:31 PM | 18:296:29 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:314:31 PM | 17:005:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:314:31 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:069:06 PM | 22:5410:54 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |