Thursday 27 September 1956 · Bucharest, Romania
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:192:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2612:26 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:251:25 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0712:07 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 11 h 55 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:106:10 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 | 24:26 00:2612:26 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 28:39 04:394:39 AM Fri | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 25:58 01:581:58 AM Fri | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:251:25 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:324:32 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:324:32 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:564:56 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:328:32 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:096:09 AM | 07:387:38 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:328:32 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:079:07 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:0710:07 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:181:18 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:361:36 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:501:50 PM | 15:223:22 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:052:05 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:532:53 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:046:04 PM | 19:417:41 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:046:04 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:046:04 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:097:09 PM | 20:418:41 PM | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4311:43 PM | 24:3112:31 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |