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Wednesday 18 April 1956 · Bucharest, Romania

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:322:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:2512:25 PM.

Observed here on this day

Rāma Navamī

Navamī covers 14 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoBhavānī Utpatti determinate

At sunrise

05:275:27 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2512:25 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:1512:15 PM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1512:15 PM
At noon, 12:1512:15 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:044:04 AM–04:464:46 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:254:25 AM–05:275:27 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:312:31 PM–15:263:26 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:503:50 PM–17:215:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:037:03 PM–19:247:24 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:037:03 PM–20:068:06 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya06:466:46 AM–08:178:17 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa07:097:09 AM–08:518:51 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3310:33 AM–12:1512:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4811:48 AM–12:4312:43 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1512:15 PM–13:571:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha05:275:27 AM–07:097:09 AMgood
Amṛta07:097:09 AM–08:518:51 AMgood
Kāla08:518:51 AM–10:3310:33 AMavoid
Śubha10:3310:33 AM–12:1512:15 PMgood
Roga12:1512:15 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Udvega13:571:57 PM–15:393:39 PMavoid
Cara15:393:39 PM–17:215:21 PMneutral
Lābha17:215:21 PM–19:037:03 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:037:03 PM–20:218:21 PMavoid
Śubha20:218:21 PM–21:399:39 PMgood
Amṛta21:399:39 PM–22:5710:57 PMgood
Cara22:5710:57 PM–24:1412:14 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1412:14 AM+1–25:321:32 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:321:32 AM+1–26:502:50 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:502:50 AM+1–28:084:08 AM+1good
Udvega28:084:08 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:275:27 AM to 29:265:26 AM+1

05:275:27 AM sunrise19:037:03 PM sunsetsunrise 29:265:26 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 12:2512:25 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 21:539:53 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 13:081:08 PM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:2512:25 PM
Bālavauntil 23:2411:24 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1512:15 PM–13:571:57 PM
Pradoṣa 19:037:03 PM–20:268:26 PM
Niśītha 23:5011:50 PM–24:3812:38 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:571:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 36 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:268:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3812:38 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī12:2512:25 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPuṣya21:539:53 PMĀśleṣā
YogaDhṛti13:081:08 PMŚūla
KaraṇaBava12:2512:25 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:26 05:265:26 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 116
Day length
13 h 36 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
11:5211:52 AM
Moonset
26:102:10 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:044:04 AM05:275:27 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:044:04 AM04:464:46 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:254:25 AM05:275:27 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:275:27 AM08:118:11 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:466:46 AM08:178:17 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:097:09 AM08:518:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:118:11 AM10:5410:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3310:33 AM12:1512:15 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4811:48 AM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5111:51 AM12:3912:39 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1512:15 PM13:571:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:371:37 PM16:204:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:312:31 PM15:263:26 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:503:50 PM17:215:21 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:204:20 PM19:037:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:037:03 PM20:268:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:037:03 PM19:247:24 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:037:03 PM20:068:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5011:50 PM24:3812:38 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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