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Saturday 15 January 2005 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Śanivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:521:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4012:40+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:101:10 PM

Kaulava gives way to Taitila.

Noon

12:4812:48 PM

The Sun 48° above S. Day length 10 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4812:48 PM
At noon, 12:4812:48 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 66° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 29% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 66° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:355:35 AM–06:276:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:016:01 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:101:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:382:38 PM–15:223:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:186:18 PM–18:446:44 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:186:18 PM–19:367:36 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:031:03+1 AM–26:372:37+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:197:19 AM–08:418:41 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:197:19 AM–08:038:03 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:038:03 AM–08:478:47 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0410:04 AM–11:2611:26 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:112:11 PM–15:333:33 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:363:36 PM–17:115:11 PMa 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

Kāla07:197:19 AM–08:418:41 AMavoid
Śubha08:418:41 AM–10:0410:04 AMgood
Roga10:0410:04 AM–11:2611:26 AMavoid
Udvega11:2611:26 AM–12:4812:48 PMavoid
Cara12:4812:48 PM–14:112:11 PMneutral
Lābha14:112:11 PM–15:333:33 PMgood
Amṛta15:333:33 PM–16:554:55 PMgood
Kāla16:554:55 PM–18:186:18 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:186:18 PM–19:557:55 PMgood
Udvega19:557:55 PM–21:339:33 PMavoid
Śubha21:339:33 PM–23:1111:11 PMgood
Amṛta23:1111:11 PM–24:4812:48+1 AMgood
Cara24:4812:48+1 AM–26:262:26+1 AMneutral
Roga26:262:26+1 AM–28:044:04+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:044:04+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:415:41+1 AM–31:197:19+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM

07:197:19 AM sunrise18:186:18 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 24:4012:40+1 AM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 29:465:46+1 AM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 20:508:50 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 13:101:10 PM
Taitilauntil 24:4012:40+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0410:04 AM–11:2611:26 AM
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:101:10 PM
Pradoṣa 18:186:18 PM–20:028:02 PM
Niśītha 24:2412:24+1 AM–25:121:12+1 AM

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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:2611:26 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:101:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:028:02 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:121:12+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī24:40 00:4012:40 AM SunSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā29:46 05:465:46 AM SunRevatī
YogaParigha20:508:50 PMŚiva
KaraṇaKaulava13:101:10 PMTaitila
VāraŚanivāra31:19 07:197:19 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 920
Day length
10 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:0911:09 AM
Moonset
23:2611:26 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:355:35 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:355:35 AM06:276:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:016:01 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:319:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:197:19 AM08:418:41 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:197:19 AM08:038:03 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:038:03 AM08:478:47 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:319:31 AM11:4211:42 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0410:04 AM11:2611:26 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2412:24 PM13:121:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:101:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:541:54 PM16:064:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:112:11 PM15:333:33 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:382:38 PM15:223:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:363:36 PM17:115:11 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:064:06 PM18:186:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:186:18 PM20:028:02 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:186:18 PM18:446:44 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:186:18 PM19:367:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2412:24+1 AM25:121:12+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:031:03+1 AM26:372:37+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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