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Wednesday 20 December 1989 · Bucharest, Romania

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:5512:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:013:01 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:487:48 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:121:12 PM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

12:1312:13 PM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBucharest12:1312:13 PM
At noon, 12:1312:13 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 275° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 46% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 275° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:475:47 AM–06:486:48 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:176:17 AM–07:487:48 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:172:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:384:38 PM–17:085:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:384:38 PM–18:096:09 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:558:55 AM–10:0110:01 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:0711:07 AM–12:1312:13 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5611:56 AM–12:3112:31 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1312:13 PM–13:191:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:3610:36 PM–24:2412:24 AM+1a 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

Lābha07:487:48 AM–08:558:55 AMgood
Amṛta08:558:55 AM–10:0110:01 AMgood
Kāla10:0110:01 AM–11:0711:07 AMavoid
Śubha11:0711:07 AM–12:1312:13 PMgood
Roga12:1312:13 PM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Udvega13:191:19 PM–14:262:26 PMavoid
Cara14:262:26 PM–15:323:32 PMneutral
Lābha15:323:32 PM–16:384:38 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:384:38 PM–18:326:32 PMavoid
Śubha18:326:32 PM–20:268:26 PMgood
Amṛta20:268:26 PM–22:2010:20 PMgood
Cara22:2010:20 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1312:13 AM+1–26:072:07 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:072:07 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:014:01 AM+1–29:555:55 AM+1good
Udvega29:555:55 AM+1–31:497:49 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:487:48 AM to 31:497:49 AM+1

07:487:48 AM sunrise16:384:38 PM sunsetsunrise 31:497:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 15:013:01 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 13:121:12 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 28:574:57 AM+1
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 15:013:01 PM
Taitilauntil 28:134:13 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1312:13 PM–13:191:19 PM
Pradoṣa 16:384:38 PM–18:396:39 PM
Niśītha 23:4911:49 PM–24:3712:37 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:191:19 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:396:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3712:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  10. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī15:013:01 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī13:121:12 PMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya28:57 04:574:57 AM ThuŚobhana
KaraṇaKaulava15:013:01 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:49 07:497:49 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2046
Śaka
1911
Kali
5090
Ahargaṇa
1 859 415
Day length
8 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:191:19 AM+1
Moonset
12:0512:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:475:47 AM07:487:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:475:47 AM06:486:48 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:176:17 AM07:487:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:487:48 AM09:349:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:558:55 AM10:0110:01 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:349:34 AM11:2011:20 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0711:07 AM12:1312:13 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4911:49 AM12:3712:37 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5611:56 AM12:3112:31 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1312:13 PM13:191:19 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM14:522:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:172:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:522:52 PM16:384:38 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:384:38 PM18:396:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:384:38 PM17:085:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:384:38 PM18:096:09 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:3610:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4911:49 PM24:3712:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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