Thursday 21 September 2023 · Tehran, Iran
Guruvāra. Ṣaṣṭhī began at 12:1712:17 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1512:15 PM.
Observed here on this day
Ṣaṣṭhī covers 42 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoMuktābharaṇa Vrata boundary
At sunrise
05:515:51 AM
Ṣaṣṭhī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1512:15 PM
Ṣaṣṭhī gives way to Saptamī.
Noon
11:5811:58 AM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 12 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
05:515:51 AM to 29:525:52+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Ṣaṣṭhī | 12:1512:15 PM | Saptamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 13:351:35 PM | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 23:4411:44 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Taitila | 12:1512:15 PM | Gara |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:414:41 AM | 05:515:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:515:51 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:515:51 AM | 07:237:23 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:548:54 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:559:55 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:291:29 PM | 15:003:00 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:482:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:482:48 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:036:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:036:03 PM | 19:387:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:036:03 PM | 18:276:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:036:03 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 19:117:11 PM | 20:478:47 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3411:34 PM | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:474:47+1 AM | 30:236:23+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |