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Wednesday 26 August 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:508:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1511:15 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:305:30 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0310:03 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:1812:18 PM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 13 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1812:18 PM
At noon, 12:1812:18 PM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Rohiṇī, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 271° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:074:07 AM–04:494:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:284:28 AM–05:305:30 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:179:17 AM–11:0411:04 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:332:33 PM–15:273:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:047:04 PM–19:257:25 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:047:04 PM–20:078:07 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:127:12 AM–08:548:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3510:35 AM–12:1712:17 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5011:50 AM–12:4412:44 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1712:17 PM–13:591:59 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

Lābha05:305:30 AM–07:127:12 AMgood
Amṛta07:127:12 AM–08:548:54 AMgood
Kāla08:548:54 AM–10:3510:35 AMavoid
Śubha10:3510:35 AM–12:1712:17 PMgood
Roga12:1712:17 PM–13:591:59 PMavoid
Udvega13:591:59 PM–15:413:41 PMavoid
Cara15:413:41 PM–17:225:22 PMneutral
Lābha17:225:22 PM–19:047:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:047:04 PM–20:228:22 PMavoid
Śubha20:228:22 PM–21:419:41 PMgood
Amṛta21:419:41 PM–22:5910:59 PMgood
Cara22:5910:59 PM–24:1812:18+1 AMneutral
Roga24:1812:18+1 AM–25:361:36+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:361:36+1 AM–26:552:55+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:552:55+1 AM–28:134:13+1 AMgood
Udvega28:134:13+1 AM–29:325:32+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:305:30 AM to 29:325:32+1 AM

05:305:30 AM sunrise19:047:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:325:32+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1511:15 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 11:5811:58 AM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 19:507:50 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:0310:03 AM
Kaulavauntil 23:1511:15 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1712:17 PM–13:591:59 PM
Pradoṣa 19:047:04 PM–20:288:28 PM
Niśītha 23:5411:54 PM–24:4212:42+1 AM

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. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:591:59 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 34 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:288:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4212:42+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī23:1511:15 PMNavamī
NakṣatraKṛttikā11:5811:58 AMRohiṇī
YogaVyāghāta19:507:50 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBālava10:0310:03 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:32 05:325:32 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Śrāvaṇa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 341
Day length
13 h 34 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
23:2211:22 PM
Moonset
13:161:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:074:07 AM05:305:30 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:074:07 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:284:28 AM05:305:30 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:305:30 AM08:138:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:127:12 AM08:548:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:138:13 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:179:17 AM11:0411:04 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3510:35 AM12:1712:17 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5011:50 AM12:4412:44 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5311:53 AM12:4112:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1712:17 PM13:591:59 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:214:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:332:33 PM15:273:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:214:21 PM19:047:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:047:04 PM20:288:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:047:04 PM19:257:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:047:04 PM20:078:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:5411:54 PM24:4212:42+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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