Monday 13 June 2005 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 17:065:06 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:277:27 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha) determinate
At sunrise
03:553:55 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:186:18 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 70° above S. Day length 15 h 19 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
03:553:55 AM to 27:553:55 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 | 19:277:27 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 24:59 00:5912:59 AM Tue | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 14:492:49 PM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 06:186:18 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 27:55 03:553:55 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:553:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 02:462:46 AM | 03:203:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:033:03 AM | 03:553:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 03:553:55 AM | 06:596:59 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 05:505:50 AM | 07:457:45 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 06:596:59 AM | 10:0310:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:409:40 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3311:33 AM | 13:201:20 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:301:30 PM | 15:253:25 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:082:08 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:093:09 PM | 16:104:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:104:10 PM | 19:147:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:147:14 PM | 20:248:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:147:14 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:147:14 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1810:18 PM | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |