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Monday 15 December 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:0911:09 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:3711:37 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:087:08 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:3711:37 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

12:3412:34 PM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3412:34 PM
At noon, 12:3412:34 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 252° ahead of it, in Maghā, 65% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 252° falls in Kṛṣṇa Saptamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:156:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:087:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1212:12 PM–12:5512:55 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:361:36 PM–15:153:15 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:053:05 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:595:59 PM–18:256:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:595:59 PM–19:187:18 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:298:29 AM–09:519:51 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1211:12 AM–12:3412:34 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5512:55 PM–13:391:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:551:55 PM–15:163:16 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:053:05 PM–15:493:49 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya24:1212:12 AM+1–25:501:50 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Amṛta07:087:08 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Kāla08:298:29 AM–09:519:51 AMavoid
Śubha09:519:51 AM–11:1211:12 AMgood
Roga11:1211:12 AM–12:3412:34 PMavoid
Udvega12:3412:34 PM–13:551:55 PMavoid
Cara13:551:55 PM–15:163:16 PMneutral
Lābha15:163:16 PM–16:384:38 PMgood
Amṛta16:384:38 PM–17:595:59 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:595:59 PM–19:387:38 PMneutral
Roga19:387:38 PM–21:169:16 PMavoid
Kāla21:169:16 PM–22:5510:55 PMavoid
Lābha22:5510:55 PM–24:3412:34 AM+1good
Udvega24:3412:34 AM+1–26:132:13 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:132:13 AM+1–27:513:51 AM+1good
Amṛta27:513:51 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1good
Cara29:305:30 AM+1–31:097:09 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 AM+1

07:087:08 AM sunrise17:595:59 PM sunsetsunrise 31:097:09 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 11:3711:37 AM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Maghāuntil 16:054:05 PM
Pūrva Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 17:365:36 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Vaṇijauntil 11:3711:37 AM
Viṣṭiuntil 23:3811:38 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:298:29 AM–09:519:51 AM
Abhijit 12:1212:12 PM–12:5512:55 PM
Pradoṣa 17:595:59 PM–19:447:44 PM
Niśītha 24:1012:10 AM+1–24:5812:58 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.

  1. SunriseṢaṣṭhī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:519:51 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  4. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5512:55 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Pūrva PhalgunīNakṣatra: Maghā ends.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 10 h 51 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:447:44 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5812:58 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī11:3711:37 AMSaptamī
NakṣatraMaghā16:054:05 PMPūrva Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha17:365:36 PMPrīti
KaraṇaVaṇija11:3711:37 AMViṣṭi
VāraSomavāra31:09 07:097:09 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 523
Day length
10 h 51 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
23:4511:45 PM
Moonset
12:0112:01 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:087:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:156:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:087:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:087:08 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:298:29 AM09:519:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:189:18 AM11:2811:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:1211:12 AM12:3412:34 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1012:10 PM12:5812:58 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1212:12 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5512:55 PM13:391:39 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:361:36 PM15:153:15 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:391:39 PM15:493:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:551:55 PM15:163:16 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:053:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:053:05 PM15:493:49 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:493:49 PM17:595:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:595:59 PM19:447:44 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:595:59 PM18:256:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:595:59 PM19:187:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1012:10 AM+124:5812:58 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:1212:12 AM+125:501:50 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
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