Monday 28 May 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 21:289:28 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:047:04 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
05:575:57 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:168:16 AM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3612:36 PM
The Sun 90° above N. Day length 13 h 18 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 | 19:047:04 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 26:48 02:482:48 AM Tue | Maghā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 20:568:56 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 08:168:16 AM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:57 05:575:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:145:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:534:53 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:378:37 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:377:37 AM | 09:179:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:378:37 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5610:56 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:031:03 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:561:56 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:162:16 PM | 15:553:55 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:492:49 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:423:42 PM | 16:354:35 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:204:20 PM | 17:505:50 PM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:354:35 PM | 19:157:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:157:15 PM | 20:408:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:157:15 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:157:15 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | 25:001:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:181:18 AM+1 | 26:482:48 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |