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Wednesday 21 December 2016 · Budapest, Hungary

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:142:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:483:48 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:297:29 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4111:41 AM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 19° above S. Day length 8 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBudapest11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 274° ahead of it, in Hasta, 46% 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 muhūrta05:255:25 AM–06:276:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:565:56 AM–07:297:29 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:061:06 PM–13:401:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:553:55 PM–16:264:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:553:55 PM–17:285:28 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:328:32 AM–09:369:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3910:39 AM–11:4211:42 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2511:25 AM–11:5911:59 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4211:42 AM–12:4512:45 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:588:58 PM–22:4410:44 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

Lābha07:297:29 AM–08:328:32 AMgood
Amṛta08:328:32 AM–09:369:36 AMgood
Kāla09:369:36 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Śubha10:3910:39 AM–11:4211:42 AMgood
Roga11:4211:42 AM–12:4512:45 PMavoid
Udvega12:4512:45 PM–13:491:49 PMavoid
Cara13:491:49 PM–14:522:52 PMneutral
Lābha14:522:52 PM–15:553:55 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega15:553:55 PM–17:525:52 PMavoid
Śubha17:525:52 PM–19:497:49 PMgood
Amṛta19:497:49 PM–21:459:45 PMgood
Cara21:459:45 PM–23:4211:42 PMneutral
Roga23:4211:42 PM–25:391:39+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:391:39+1 AM–27:363:36+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:363:36+1 AM–29:335:33+1 AMgood
Udvega29:335:33+1 AM–31:307:30+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:297:29 AM to 31:307:30+1 AM

07:297:29 AM sunrise15:553:55 PM sunsetsunrise 31:307:30+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 15:483:48 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 11:4111:41 AM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 25:151:15+1 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 15:483:48 PM
Taitilauntil 28:484:48+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4211:42 AM–12:4512:45 PM
Pradoṣa 15:553:55 PM–18:006:00 PM
Niśītha 23:1811:18 PM–24:0612:06+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 12:4512:45 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 26 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:006:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0612:06+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī15:483:48 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī11:4111:41 AMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya25:15 01:151:15 AM ThuŚobhana
KaraṇaKaulava15:483:48 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra31:30 07:307:30 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 278
Day length
8 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:3212:32+1 AM
Moonset
12:0112:01 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:255:25 AM07:297:29 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:255:25 AM06:276:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:565:56 AM07:297:29 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:297:29 AM09:109:10 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:328:32 AM09:369:36 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:109:10 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3910:39 AM11:4211:42 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2511:25 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4211:42 AM12:4512:45 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3312:33 PM14:142:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:061:06 PM13:401:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:142:14 PM15:553:55 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:553:55 PM18:006:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:553:55 PM16:264:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:553:55 PM17:285:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:588:58 PM22:4410:44 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1811:18 PM24:0612:06+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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