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Thursday 1 December 1988 · Bucharest, Romania

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:317:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1110:11 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:327:32 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:498:49 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:0512:05 PM

The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:0512:05 PM
At noon, 12:0512:05 PM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 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 muhūrta05:335:33 AM–06:326:32 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:036:03 AM–07:327:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4611:46 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:351:35 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:374:37 PM–17:075:07 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:374:37 PM–18:076:07 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:0712:07 AM+1–25:551:55 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:327:32 AM–08:408:40 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:489:48 AM–10:5610:56 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:3410:34 AM–11:1011:10 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:131:13 PM–14:212:21 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:161:16 PM–15:043:04 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • 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

Śubha07:327:32 AM–08:408:40 AMgood
Roga08:408:40 AM–09:489:48 AMavoid
Udvega09:489:48 AM–10:5610:56 AMavoid
Cara10:5610:56 AM–12:0512:05 PMneutral
Lābha12:0512:05 PM–13:131:13 PMgood
Amṛta13:131:13 PM–14:212:21 PMgood
Kāla14:212:21 PM–15:293:29 PMavoid
Śubha15:293:29 PM–16:374:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta16:374:37 PM–18:296:29 PMgood
Cara18:296:29 PM–20:218:21 PMneutral
Roga20:218:21 PM–22:1310:13 PMavoid
Kāla22:1310:13 PM–24:0512:05 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0512:05 AM+1–25:571:57 AM+1good
Udvega25:571:57 AM+1–27:493:49 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:493:49 AM+1–29:415:41 AM+1good
Amṛta29:415:41 AM+1–31:337:33 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:327:32 AM to 31:337:33 AM+1

07:327:32 AM sunrise16:374:37 PM sunsetsunrise 31:337:33 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:1110:11 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 31:217:21 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:498:49 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:1110:11 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4611:46 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:131:13 PM–14:212:21 PM
Pradoṣa 16:374:37 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:4111:41 PM–24:2912:29 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:212:21 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 05 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2912:29 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  11. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī22:1110:11 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī31:21 07:217:21 AM FriUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambhapast sunrisePrīti
KaraṇaBālava08:498:49 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra31:33 07:337:33 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2045
Śaka
1910
Kali
5089
Ahargaṇa
1 859 031
Day length
9 h 05 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:2712:27 AM+1
Moonset
12:5012:50 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:335:33 AM07:327:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:335:33 AM06:326:32 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:036:03 AM07:327:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:327:32 AM09:219:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:327:32 AM08:408:40 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:219:21 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:489:48 AM10:5610:56 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:3410:34 AM11:1011:10 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4111:41 AM12:2912:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4611:46 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM14:482:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:131:13 PM14:212:21 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:161:16 PM15:043:04 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:351:35 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 PM16:374:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:374:37 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:374:37 PM17:075:07 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:374:37 PM18:076:07 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4111:41 PM24:2912:29 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:0712:07 AM+125:551:55 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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