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Tuesday 12 January 1909 · Tehran, Iran

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 03:453:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:176:17 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

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

At sunrise

07:107:10 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:025:02 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

12:0812:08 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0812:08 PM
At noon, 12:0812:08 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 244° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 72% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 244° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:175:17 AM–06:146:14 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM–07:107:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4811:48 AM–12:2812:28 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:471:47 PM–14:272:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:065:06 PM–17:345:34 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:065:06 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:436:43 PM–20:318:31 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:567:56 AM–09:449:44 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:099:09 AM–09:499:49 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:399:39 AM–10:5310:53 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0812:08 PM–13:221:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:372:37 PM–15:513:51 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4310:43 PM–23:3911:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:107:10 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Udvega08:248:24 AM–09:399:39 AMavoid
Cara09:399:39 AM–10:5310:53 AMneutral
Lābha10:5310:53 AM–12:0812:08 PMgood
Amṛta12:0812:08 PM–13:221:22 PMgood
Kāla13:221:22 PM–14:372:37 PMavoid
Śubha14:372:37 PM–15:513:51 PMgood
Roga15:513:51 PM–17:065:06 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:065:06 PM–18:516:51 PMavoid
Lābha18:516:51 PM–20:378:37 PMgood
Udvega20:378:37 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–24:0812:08 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0812:08 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1good
Cara25:531:53 AM+1–27:393:39 AM+1neutral
Roga27:393:39 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:245:24 AM+1–31:107:10 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:107:10 AM to 31:107:10 AM+1

07:107:10 AM sunrise17:065:06 PM sunsetsunrise 31:107:10 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 30:176:17 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 26:492:49 AM+1
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 21:249:24 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 17:025:02 PM
Vaṇijauntil 30:176:17 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4811:48 AM–12:2812:28 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:372:37 PM–15:513:51 PM
Pradoṣa 17:065:06 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:4411:44 PM–24:3212:32 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2812:28 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:513:51 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 56 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3212:32 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  10. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  11. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī30:17 06:176:17 AM WedSaptamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī26:49 02:492:49 AM WedHasta
YogaŚobhana21:249:24 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaGara17:025:02 PMVaṇija
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:10 07:107:10 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
1965
Śaka
1830
Kali
5009
Ahargaṇa
1 829 853
Day length
9 h 56 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
22:3110:31 PM
Moonset
10:4110:41 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:175:17 AM07:107:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:175:17 AM06:146:14 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:455:45 AM07:107:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:107:10 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:567:56 AM09:449:44 AMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM11:0811:08 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:099:09 AM09:499:49 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:399:39 AM10:5310:53 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4411:44 AM12:3212:32 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4811:48 AM12:2812:28 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0812:08 PM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM15:063:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:471:47 PM14:272:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:372:37 PM15:513:51 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:063:06 PM17:065:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:065:06 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:065:06 PM17:345:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:065:06 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:436:43 PM20:318:31 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4310:43 PM23:3911:39 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4411:44 PM24:3212:32 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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