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Tuesday 17 March 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:144:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:575:57 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:266:26 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:105:10 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2412:24 PM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 11 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:2412:24 PM
At noon, 12:2412:24 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:504:50 AM–05:385:38 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:145:14 AM–06:266:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0112:01 PM–12:4812:48 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:242:24 PM–15:123:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:422:42 PM–16:284:28 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:236:23 PM–18:476:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:236:23 PM–19:357:35 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:508:50 AM–09:379:37 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:259:25 AM–10:5510:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2512:25 PM–13:541:54 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:243:24 PM–16:534:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1111:11 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga06:266:26 AM–07:567:56 AMavoid
Udvega07:567:56 AM–09:259:25 AMavoid
Cara09:259:25 AM–10:5510:55 AMneutral
Lābha10:5510:55 AM–12:2512:25 PMgood
Amṛta12:2512:25 PM–13:541:54 PMgood
Kāla13:541:54 PM–15:243:24 PMavoid
Śubha15:243:24 PM–16:534:53 PMgood
Roga16:534:53 PM–18:236:23 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:236:23 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Lābha19:537:53 PM–21:239:23 PMgood
Udvega21:239:23 PM–22:5310:53 PMavoid
Śubha22:5310:53 PM–24:2412:24 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2412:24 AM+1–25:541:54 AM+1good
Cara25:541:54 AM+1–27:243:24 AM+1neutral
Roga27:243:24 AM+1–28:544:54 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:544:54 AM+1–30:256:25 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:266:26 AM to 30:256:25 AM+1

06:266:26 AM sunrise18:236:23 PM sunsetsunrise 30:256:25 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 29:575:57 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 24:2312:23 AM+1
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 24:2712:27 AM+1
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 17:105:10 PM
Bavauntil 29:575:57 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0112:01 PM–12:4812:48 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:243:24 PM–16:534:53 PM
Pradoṣa 18:236:23 PM–19:597:59 PM
Niśītha 24:0012:00 AM+1–24:4812:48 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4812:48 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:534:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 56 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:597:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:4812:48 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  9. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī29:57 05:575:57 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā24:23 00:2312:23 AM WedĀrdrā
YogaĀyuṣmān24:27 00:2712:27 AM WedSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi17:105:10 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:25 06:256:25 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 179
Day length
11 h 56 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
10:5710:57 AM
Moonset
25:531:53 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:504:50 AM06:266:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:504:50 AM05:385:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:145:14 AM06:266:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:266:26 AM08:508:50 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:508:50 AM11:1311:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:508:50 AM09:379:37 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:259:25 AM10:5510:55 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0112:01 PM12:4912:49 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0112:01 PM12:4812:48 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2512:25 PM13:541:54 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM16:004:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:242:24 PM15:123:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:422:42 PM16:284:28 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:243:24 PM16:534:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:004:00 PM18:236:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:236:23 PM19:597:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:236:23 PM18:476:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:236:23 PM19:357:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1111:11 PM24:0012:00 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0012:00 AM+124:4812:48 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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