Thursday 31 March 1921 · Bucharest, Romania
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:509:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0812:08 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5710:57 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0412:04 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 40 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:425:42 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 Aṣṭamī | 24:08 00:0812:08 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 27:00 03:003:00 AM Fri | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 10:5710:57 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:364:36 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:168:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:445:44 AM | 07:197:19 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:168:16 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:548:54 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:589:58 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3911:39 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:201:20 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:371:37 PM | 15:243:24 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:391:39 PM | 15:143:14 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:112:11 PM | 15:023:02 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:023:02 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:523:52 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:476:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:327:32 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2112:21 AM+1 | 26:082:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |