Monday 18 August 2003 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 11:1911:19 AM yesterday, and holds until 13:311:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 47 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoŚītalā Saptamī boundary
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5011:50 AM
Gaṇḍa gives way to Vṛddhi.
Noon
13:081:08 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 25 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:266:26 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 | Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī | 13:311:31 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 13:571:57 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 11:5011:50 AM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Vaṇija | 13:311:31 PM | Viṣṭi |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:26 06:266:26 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:015:01 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:015:01 AM | 05:435:43 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:225:22 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 09:069:06 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:068:06 AM | 09:479:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:069:06 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:309:30 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2711:27 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4112:41 PM | 13:351:35 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:321:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:351:35 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:292:29 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:492:49 PM | 16:294:29 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:223:22 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:164:16 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 19:517:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:517:51 PM | 21:159:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:517:51 PM | 20:128:12 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:517:51 PM | 20:548:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4412:44 AM+1 | 25:321:32 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 26:352:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |