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Wednesday 4 January 2017 · Tehran, Iran

Pauṣa Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī

Budhavāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 13:431:43 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:061:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:157:15 AM

Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:061:06 PM

Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.

Noon

12:0912:09 PM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0912:09 PM
At noon, 12:0912:09 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 72° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 34% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 72° falls in Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:186:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:157:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:167:16 AM–08:528:52 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:481:48 PM–14:272:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:045:04 PM–17:325:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:045:04 PM–18:296:29 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:288:28 AM–09:429:42 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5610:56 AM–12:0912:09 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5011:50 AM–12:2912:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0912:09 PM–13:231:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:3912:39+1 AM–26:132:13+1 AMa 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

Lābha07:157:15 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Amṛta08:288:28 AM–09:429:42 AMgood
Kāla09:429:42 AM–10:5610:56 AMavoid
Śubha10:5610:56 AM–12:0912:09 PMgood
Roga12:0912:09 PM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Udvega13:231:23 PM–14:372:37 PMavoid
Cara14:372:37 PM–15:503:50 PMneutral
Lābha15:503:50 PM–17:045:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:045:04 PM–18:506:50 PMavoid
Śubha18:506:50 PM–20:378:37 PMgood
Amṛta20:378:37 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Cara22:2310:23 PM–24:0912:09+1 AMneutral
Roga24:0912:09+1 AM–25:561:56+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:561:56+1 AM–27:423:42+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:423:42+1 AM–29:295:29+1 AMgood
Udvega29:295:29+1 AM–31:157:15+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:157:15 AM to 31:157:15+1 AM

07:157:15 AM sunrise17:045:04 PM sunsetsunrise 31:157:15+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhīuntil 13:061:06 PM
Saptamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 15:153:15 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 25:531:53+1 AM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Taitilauntil 13:061:06 PM
Garauntil 24:3712:37+1 AM
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0912:09 PM–13:231:23 PM
Pradoṣa 17:045:04 PM–18:576:57 PM
Niśītha 23:4511:45 PM–24:3312:33+1 AM

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. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:231:23 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SaptamīTithi: Ṣaṣṭhī ends.
  4. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  5. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:576:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3312:33+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  10. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Ṣaṣṭhī13:061:06 PMSaptamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā15:153:15 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVarīyān25:53 01:531:53 AM ThuParigha
KaraṇaTaitila13:061:06 PMGara
VāraBudhavāra31:15 07:157:15 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 292
Day length
9 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:0511:05 AM
Moonset
23:1011:10 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:157:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:186:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:157:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:157:15 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:167:16 AM08:528:52 AMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:288:28 AM09:429:42 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5610:56 AM12:0912:09 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4511:45 AM12:3312:33 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5011:50 AM12:2912:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0912:09 PM13:231:23 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:081:08 PM15:063:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:481:48 PM14:272:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:063:06 PM17:045:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:045:04 PM18:576:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:045:04 PM17:325:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:045:04 PM18:296:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4511:45 PM24:3312:33+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:3912:39+1 AM26:132:13+1 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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