Sunday 17 August 2003 · Queens, New York, United States
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 02:492:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:015:01 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:086:08 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:523:52 PM
Gara gives way to Vaṇija.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 43 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
06:086:08 AM to 30:096:09 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 | 29:01 05:015:01 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 29:27 05:275:27 AM Mon | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 27:20 03:203:20 AM Mon | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 15:523:52 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:09 06:096:09 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:454:45 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:454:45 AM | 05:275:27 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:065:06 AM | 06:086:08 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:086:08 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:528:52 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:212:21 PM | 17:065:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:163:16 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 18:086:08 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:065:06 PM | 19:517:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 18:016:01 PM | 18:566:56 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 18:086:08 PM | 19:517:51 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:517:51 PM | 21:139:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:517:51 PM | 20:118:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:517:51 PM | 20:528:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:259:25 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | 25:241:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 26:472:47 AM+1 | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |