Monday 26 October 1998 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 00:3212:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:531:53 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:136:13 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 11 h 21 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:575:57 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 | 25:53 01:531:53 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 10:0710:07 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 06:136:13 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 13:161:16 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:164:16 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:164:16 AM | 05:065:06 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:227:22 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:228:22 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:3711:37 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:4512:45 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4512:45 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:272:27 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:301:30 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:162:16 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:175:17 PM | 18:596:59 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:175:17 PM | 17:435:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:175:17 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:238:23 PM | 22:0610:06 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |