Wednesday 6 June 1973 · Tehran, Iran
Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 15:553:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:072:07 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
04:494:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:007:00 AM
Āśleṣā gives way to Maghā.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 14 h 28 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
04:494:49 AM to 28:494:49 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 | 14:072:07 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 07:007:00 AM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 09:299:29 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 14:072:07 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 28:49 04:494:49 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:323:32 AM | 04:114:11 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:523:52 AM | 04:494:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:494:49 AM | 07:427:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:295:29 AM | 07:007:00 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:376:37 AM | 08:268:26 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:427:42 AM | 10:3610:36 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1410:14 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:0312:03 PM | 13:521:52 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:301:30 PM | 16:244:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:282:28 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:244:24 PM | 19:177:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:436:43 PM | 20:178:17 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:177:17 PM | 20:338:33 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:177:17 PM | 19:367:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:177:17 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:054:05 AM+1 | 29:395:39 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |