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Monday 7 December 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:134:13 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:224:22 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:387:38 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:224:22 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:0712:07 PM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 8 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:0712:07 PM
At noon, 12:0712:07 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 94° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:375:37 AM–06:376:37 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:076:07 AM–07:387:38 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4911:49 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:361:36 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:364:36 PM–17:065:06 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:364:36 PM–18:066:06 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:117:11 PM–20:528:52 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:458:45 AM–09:529:52 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:109:10 AM–10:5010:50 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5910:59 AM–12:0712:07 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2512:25 PM–13:011:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:141:14 PM–14:212:21 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:122:12 PM–14:482:48 PMan 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

Amṛta07:387:38 AM–08:458:45 AMgood
Kāla08:458:45 AM–09:529:52 AMavoid
Śubha09:529:52 AM–10:5910:59 AMgood
Roga10:5910:59 AM–12:0712:07 PMavoid
Udvega12:0712:07 PM–13:141:14 PMavoid
Cara13:141:14 PM–14:212:21 PMneutral
Lābha14:212:21 PM–15:293:29 PMgood
Amṛta15:293:29 PM–16:364:36 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:364:36 PM–18:296:29 PMneutral
Roga18:296:29 PM–20:228:22 PMavoid
Kāla20:228:22 PM–22:1410:14 PMavoid
Lābha22:1410:14 PM–24:0712:07+1 AMgood
Udvega24:0712:07+1 AM–26:002:00+1 AMavoid
Śubha26:002:00+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMgood
Amṛta27:533:53+1 AM–29:465:46+1 AMgood
Cara29:465:46+1 AM–31:397:39+1 AMneutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:387:38 AM to 31:397:39+1 AM

07:387:38 AM sunrise16:364:36 PM sunsetsunrise 31:397:39+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:224:22 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 27:333:33+1 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 18:206:20 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:224:22 PM
Bālavauntil 28:454:45+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:458:45 AM–09:529:52 AM
Abhijit 11:4911:49 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Pradoṣa 16:364:36 PM–18:366:36 PM
Niśītha 23:4311:43 PM–24:3112:31+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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:529:52 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 58 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:366:36 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3112:31+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī16:224:22 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā27:33 03:333:33 AM TueUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVajra18:206:20 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaBava16:224:22 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra31:39 07:397:39 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 444
Day length
8 h 58 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
12:4712:47 PM
Moonset
24:4512:45+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:375:37 AM07:387:38 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:375:37 AM06:376:37 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:076:07 AM07:387:38 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:387:38 AM09:259:25 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:458:45 AM09:529:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:109:10 AM10:5010:50 AMsixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:259:25 AM11:1311:13 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5910:59 AM12:0712:07 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4311:43 AM12:3112:31 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4911:49 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2512:25 PM13:011:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM14:482:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:141:14 PM14:212:21 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:361:36 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:122:12 PM14:482:48 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:482:48 PM16:364:36 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:364:36 PM18:366:36 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:364:36 PM17:065:06 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:364:36 PM18:066:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:117:11 PM20:528:52 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4311:43 PM24:3112:31+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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