Tuesday 7 August 2012 · Tehran, Iran
Maṅgalavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 06:156:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:587:58 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:176:17 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:592:59 PM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 13 h 45 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
06:176:17 AM to 30:186:18 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 | past sunrise | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 24:06 00:0612:06 AM Wed | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 14:592:59 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Gara | 19:027:02 PM | Vaṇija |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:365:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:165:16 AM | 06:176:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:176:17 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:029:02 AM | 09:579:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:449:44 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:0211:02 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:101:10 PM | 14:532:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:322:32 PM | 17:175:17 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:273:27 PM | 16:224:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:364:36 PM | 18:196:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:175:17 PM | 20:028:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:028:02 PM | 21:249:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:028:02 PM | 20:238:23 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:028:02 PM | 21:049:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:299:29 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |