Thursday 17 November 1988 · Bucharest, Romania
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:2712:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:3910:39 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoDurgā Navamī determinate
At sunrise
07:157:15 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:129:12 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:0112:01 PM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 31 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
07:157:15 AM to 31:167:16 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 10:3910:39 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:129:12 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 12:1112:11 PM | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:3910:39 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:16 07:167:16 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:157:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:485:48 AM | 07:157:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:157:15 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:157:15 AM | 08:268:26 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:389:38 AM | 10:4910:49 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:2510:25 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5812:58 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:121:12 PM | 14:232:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:142:14 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:522:52 PM | 16:464:46 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:593:59 PM | 17:305:30 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:464:46 PM | 18:426:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:464:46 PM | 17:155:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:464:46 PM | 18:136:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:031:03 AM+1 | 26:332:33 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |