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Wednesday 15 April 2009 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī

Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 23:5011:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:152:15 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:326:32 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:001:00 PM

Gara gives way to Vaṇija.

Noon

13:041:04 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran13:041:04 PM
At noon, 13:041:04 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 246° ahead of it, in Mūla, 70% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 246° falls in Kṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–05:485:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:265:26 AM–06:326:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya15:153:15 PM–16:084:08 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:365:36 PM–19:247:24 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:377:37 PM–19:597:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:377:37 PM–20:438:43 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya06:506:50 AM–08:388:38 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:108:10 AM–09:489:48 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:2611:26 AM–13:051:05 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:3812:38 PM–13:311:31 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:051:05 PM–14:432:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:5910:59 PM–24:4612:46 AM+1a 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

Lābha06:326:32 AM–08:108:10 AMgood
Amṛta08:108:10 AM–09:489:48 AMgood
Kāla09:489:48 AM–11:2611:26 AMavoid
Śubha11:2611:26 AM–13:051:05 PMgood
Roga13:051:05 PM–14:432:43 PMavoid
Udvega14:432:43 PM–16:214:21 PMavoid
Cara16:214:21 PM–17:595:59 PMneutral
Lābha17:595:59 PM–19:377:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:377:37 PM–20:598:59 PMavoid
Śubha20:598:59 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Amṛta22:2110:21 PM–23:4211:42 PMgood
Cara23:4211:42 PM–25:041:04 AM+1neutral
Roga25:041:04 AM+1–26:262:26 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:262:26 AM+1–27:473:47 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:473:47 AM+1–29:095:09 AM+1good
Udvega29:095:09 AM+1–30:316:31 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:326:32 AM to 30:316:31 AM+1

06:326:32 AM sunrise19:377:37 PM sunsetsunrise 30:316:31 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 26:152:15 AM+1
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 24:4612:46 AM+1
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 21:029:02 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Garauntil 13:001:00 PM
Vaṇijauntil 26:152:15 AM+1
Viṣṭipast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:051:05 PM–14:432:43 PM
Pradoṣa 19:377:37 PM–21:049:04 PM
Niśītha 24:4012:40 AM+1–25:281:28 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:432:43 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 13 h 05 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 21:049:04 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:281:28 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  9. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  10. ViṣṭiKaraṇa: Vaṇija ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Ṣaṣṭhī26:15 02:152:15 AM ThuSaptamī
NakṣatraMūla24:46 00:4612:46 AM ThuPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaParigha21:029:02 PMŚiva
KaraṇaGara13:001:00 PMVaṇija
VāraBudhavāra30:31 06:316:31 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2066
Śaka
1931
Kali
5110
Ahargaṇa
1 866 471
Day length
13 h 05 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
25:241:24 AM+1
Moonset
10:0510:05 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:326:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM05:485:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:265:26 AM06:326:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:326:32 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:506:50 AM08:388:38 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:108:10 AM09:489:48 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM11:4611:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:2611:26 AM13:051:05 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:3812:38 PM13:311:31 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:4112:41 PM13:291:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:051:05 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:232:23 PM17:005:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:153:15 PM16:084:08 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:005:00 PM19:377:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:365:36 PM19:247:24 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:377:37 PM21:049:04 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:377:37 PM19:597:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:377:37 PM20:438:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:5910:59 PM24:4612:46 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:4012:40 AM+125:281:28 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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