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Wednesday 23 December 1959 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:375:37 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:085:08 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:507:50 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2610:26 AM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

12:1412:14 PM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1412:14 PM
At noon, 12:1412:14 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 274° ahead of it, in Hasta, 47% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 274° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:485:48 AM–06:496:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:196:19 AM–07:507:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:431:43 PM–14:182:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:394:39 PM–17:095:09 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:394:39 PM–18:106:10 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:094:09+1 AM–29:435:43+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:568:56 AM–10:0210:02 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:0811:08 AM–12:1412:14 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5711:57 AM–12:3212:32 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1412:14 PM–13:211:21 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:426:42 PM–20:168:16 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:507:50 AM–08:568:56 AMgood
Amṛta08:568:56 AM–10:0210:02 AMgood
Kāla10:0210:02 AM–11:0811:08 AMavoid
Śubha11:0811:08 AM–12:1412:14 PMgood
Roga12:1412:14 PM–13:211:21 PMavoid
Udvega13:211:21 PM–14:272:27 PMavoid
Cara14:272:27 PM–15:333:33 PMneutral
Lābha15:333:33 PM–16:394:39 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:394:39 PM–18:336:33 PMavoid
Śubha18:336:33 PM–20:278:27 PMgood
Amṛta20:278:27 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Cara22:2110:21 PM–24:1512:15+1 AMneutral
Roga24:1512:15+1 AM–26:082:08+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:082:08+1 AM–28:024:02+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:024:02+1 AM–29:565:56+1 AMgood
Udvega29:565:56+1 AM–31:507:50+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:507:50 AM to 31:507:50+1 AM

07:507:50 AM sunrise16:394:39 PM sunsetsunrise 31:507:50+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 17:085:08 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 10:2610:26 AM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 20:118:11 PM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 17:085:08 PM
Taitilauntil 28:374:37+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1412:14 PM–13:211:21 PM
Pradoṣa 16:394:39 PM–18:416:41 PM
Niśītha 23:5111:51 PM–24:3912:39+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. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:211:21 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 49 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:416:41 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3912:39+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī17:085:08 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī10:2610:26 AMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya20:118:11 PMŚobhana
KaraṇaKaulava17:085:08 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:50 07:507:50 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2016
Śaka
1881
Kali
5060
Ahargaṇa
1 848 460
Day length
8 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:091:09+1 AM
Moonset
12:2012:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:485:48 AM07:507:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:485:48 AM06:496:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:196:19 AM07:507:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:507:50 AM09:369:36 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:568:56 AM10:0210:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:369:36 AM11:2111:21 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0811:08 AM12:1412:14 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5011:50 AM12:3812:38 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5711:57 AM12:3212:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1412:14 PM13:211:21 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:071:07 PM14:532:53 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:431:43 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:532:53 PM16:394:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:394:39 PM18:416:41 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:394:39 PM17:095:09 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:394:39 PM18:106:10 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:426:42 PM20:168:16 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5111:51 PM24:3912:39+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:094:09+1 AM29:435:43+1 AMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
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