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October 1957 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseĀśvina Śukla to Kārtika ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 30 October 1957 · Bucharest, Romania

Kārtika Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:5811:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:461:46 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Gopāṣṭamī

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

At sunrise

06:506:50 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4812:48 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 10 h 18 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Svātī and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:015:01 AM–05:555:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:285:28 AM–06:506:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:085:08 PM–17:355:35 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:085:08 PM–18:306:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:558:55 PM–22:4110:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:078:07 AM–09:249:24 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:2110:21 AM–12:0612:06 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5911:59 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3811:38 AM–12:2012:20 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5911:59 AM–13:161:16 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

Lābha06:506:50 AM–08:078:07 AMgood
Amṛta08:078:07 AM–09:249:24 AMgood
Kāla09:249:24 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5911:59 AMgood
Roga11:5911:59 AM–13:161:16 PMavoid
Udvega13:161:16 PM–14:342:34 PMavoid
Cara14:342:34 PM–15:513:51 PMneutral
Lābha15:513:51 PM–17:085:08 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:085:08 PM–18:516:51 PMavoid
Śubha18:516:51 PM–20:348:34 PMgood
Amṛta20:348:34 PM–22:1710:17 PMgood
Cara22:1710:17 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0012:00 AM+1–25:431:43 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:431:43 AM+1–27:253:25 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:253:25 AM+1–29:085:08 AM+1good
Udvega29:085:08 AM+1–30:516:51 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:506:50 AM to 30:516:51 AM+1

06:506:50 AM sunrise17:085:08 PM sunsetsunrise 30:516:51 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 25:461:46 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 18:206:20 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:4812:48 PM
Bavauntil 25:461:46 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5911:59 AM–13:161:16 PM
Pradoṣa 17:085:08 PM–18:586:58 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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 13:161:16 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 18 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:586:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī25:46 01:461:46 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraŚravaṇapast sunriseDhaniṣṭhā
YogaŚūla18:206:20 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:4812:48 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:51 06:516:51 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Kārtika
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2014
Śaka
1879
Kali
5058
Ahargaṇa
1 847 676
Day length
10 h 18 m
Sun in
Tulā
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
13:101:10 PM
Moonset
23:4211:42 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:015:01 AM06:506:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:015:01 AM05:555:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:285:28 AM06:506:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:506:50 AM08:548:54 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:078:07 AM09:249:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:548:54 AM10:5710:57 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:2110:21 AM12:0612:06 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5911:59 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:2012:20 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5911:59 AM13:161:16 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:043:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:043:04 PM17:085:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:085:08 PM18:586:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:085:08 PM17:355:35 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:085:08 PM18:306:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:558:55 PM22:4110:41 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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