Tuesday 31 March 1959 · Bucharest, Romania
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:531:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2812:28 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:016:01 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:157:15 AM
Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
Noon
12:2012:20 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
06:016:01 AM to 29:595:59 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 | 24:28 00:2812:28 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 07:157:15 AM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 07:357:35 AM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:061:06 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:304:30 AM | 06:016:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:304:30 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:524:52 AM | 06:016:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:016:01 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:338:33 AM | 11:0411:04 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:338:33 AM | 09:239:23 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:109:10 AM | 10:4510:45 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:551:55 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:272:27 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:303:30 PM | 17:055:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:084:08 PM | 18:406:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:374:37 PM | 18:116:11 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:406:40 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:406:40 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:406:40 PM | 19:487:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1211:12 PM | 23:5711:57 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:591:59 AM+1 | 27:333:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |