Monday 20 September 2004 · Tehran, Iran
Somavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:251:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:3211:32 AM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMuktābharaṇa Vrata determinate
At sunrise
06:516:51 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3211:32 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
12:5812:58 PM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 13 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
06:516:51 AM to 29:525:52 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 | 11:3211:32 AM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 13:071:07 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 23:0011:00 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 11:3211:32 AM | Gara |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:175:17 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 06:516:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:516:51 AM | 09:189:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:238:23 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:189:18 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:5712:57 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3312:33 PM | 13:211:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:221:22 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:112:11 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:292:29 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:003:00 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:483:48 PM | 16:374:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:374:37 PM | 19:047:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 18:246:24 PM | 19:557:55 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:047:04 PM | 20:388:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:047:04 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:047:04 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:292:29 AM+1 | 27:593:59 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |