Monday 9 December 2002 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:086:08 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:536:53 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoSkanda Ṣaṣṭhī determinate
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:256:25 PM
Kaulava gives way to Taitila.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 52 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:057:05 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 | 30:53 06:536:53 AM Tue | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | past sunrise | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 19:257:25 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 18:256:25 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:05 07:057:05 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:057:05 AM | 09:159:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 09:489:48 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:159:15 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0911:09 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0912:09 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:521:52 PM | 15:143:14 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:033:03 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:033:03 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:473:47 PM | 17:575:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:575:57 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:575:57 PM | 18:236:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:575:57 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:229:22 PM | 23:0311:03 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |