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Thursday 12 January 2023 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:086:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:487:48+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:017:01 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 30 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 243° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 73% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 243° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4511:45 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:391:39 PM–14:172:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:185:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:166:16 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1410:14 PM–23:5911:59 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:197:19 AM–08:308:30 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:419:41 AM–10:5210:52 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:2910:29 AM–11:0711:07 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya11:4611:46 AM–13:301:30 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla13:151:15 PM–14:262:26 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:172:17 PM–14:552:55 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Śubha07:197:19 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Roga08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMavoid
Udvega09:419:41 AM–10:5210:52 AMavoid
Cara10:5210:52 AM–12:0412:04 PMneutral
Lābha12:0412:04 PM–13:151:15 PMgood
Amṛta13:151:15 PM–14:262:26 PMgood
Kāla14:262:26 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Śubha15:383:38 PM–16:494:49 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta16:494:49 PM–18:386:38 PMgood
Cara18:386:38 PM–20:268:26 PMneutral
Roga20:268:26 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Kāla22:1510:15 PM–24:0412:04+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:0412:04+1 AM–25:521:52+1 AMgood
Udvega25:521:52+1 AM–27:413:41+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:413:41+1 AM–29:305:30+1 AMgood
Amṛta29:305:30+1 AM–31:187:18+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:187:18+1 AM

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 30:056:05+1 AM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 26:152:15+1 AM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 19:017:01 PM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4511:45 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:151:15 PM–14:262:26 PM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:456:45 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28+1 AM

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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:262:26 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 30 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:456:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  9. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  10. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhīpast sunriseSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī30:05 06:056:05 AM FriHasta
YogaŚobhana26:15 02:152:15 AM FriAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaGara19:017:01 PMVaṇija
VāraGuruvāra31:18 07:187:18 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2079
Śaka
1944
Kali
5123
Ahargaṇa
1 871 491
Day length
9 h 30 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
22:2410:24 PM
Moonset
10:3010:30 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:197:19 AM08:308:30 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:419:41 AM10:5210:52 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:2910:29 AM11:0711:07 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4511:45 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:4611:46 AM13:301:30 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM14:552:55 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:151:15 PM14:262:26 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:391:39 PM14:172:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:172:17 PM14:552:55 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:552:55 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:456:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:185:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:166:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1410:14 PM23:5911:59 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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