Sunday 18 September 2011 · Tehran, Iran
Ravivāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 01:501:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:583:58 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5711:57 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
12:5912:59 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 19 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50 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 | 27:58 03:583:58 AM Mon | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 20:398:39 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 11:5711:57 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 14:572:57 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:165:16 AM | 06:026:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:395:39 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 09:179:17 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:167:16 AM | 09:039:03 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:179:17 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:221:22 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5812:58 PM | 14:312:31 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:122:12 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:034:03 PM | 17:355:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:404:40 PM | 19:087:08 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:295:29 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:355:35 PM | 19:087:08 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:585:58 PM | 19:467:46 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:087:08 PM | 20:418:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:087:08 PM | 19:317:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:087:08 PM | 20:188:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3512:35 AM+1 | 25:231:23 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |