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Tuesday 13 January 1981 · Camayenne, Conakry, Guinea

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:1211:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:069:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

07:157:15 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1010:10 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

13:041:04 PM

The Sun 59° above S. Day length 11 h 37 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonCamayenne13:041:04 PM
At noon, 13:041:04 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:365:36 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:016:01 AM–07:157:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:388:38 AM–10:0910:09 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:4012:40 PM–13:271:27 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:003:00 PM–15:463:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:526:52 PM–19:177:17 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:526:52 PM–20:068:06 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:402:40+1 AM–28:104:10+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:359:35 AM–10:2110:21 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0910:09 AM–11:3611:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:041:04 PM–14:312:31 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:583:58 PM–17:255:25 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:4911:49 PM–24:3912:39+1 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:415:41+1 AM–31:117:11+1 AMa 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

Roga07:157:15 AM–08:428:42 AMavoid
Udvega08:428:42 AM–10:0910:09 AMavoid
Cara10:0910:09 AM–11:3611:36 AMneutral
Lābha11:3611:36 AM–13:041:04 PMgood
Amṛta13:041:04 PM–14:312:31 PMgood
Kāla14:312:31 PM–15:583:58 PMavoid
Śubha15:583:58 PM–17:255:25 PMgood
Roga17:255:25 PM–18:526:52 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:526:52 PM–20:258:25 PMavoid
Lābha20:258:25 PM–21:589:58 PMgood
Udvega21:589:58 PM–23:3111:31 PMavoid
Śubha23:3111:31 PM–25:041:04+1 AMgood
Amṛta25:041:04+1 AM–26:372:37+1 AMgood
Cara26:372:37+1 AM–28:104:10+1 AMneutral
Roga28:104:10+1 AM–29:435:43+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:435:43+1 AM–31:157:15+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:157:15 AM to 31:157:15+1 AM

07:157:15 AM sunrise18:526:52 PM sunsetsunrise 31:157:15+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 21:069:06 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 10:5410:54 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 27:193:19+1 AM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:1010:10 AM
Bavauntil 21:069:06 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:4012:40 PM–13:271:27 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:583:58 PM–17:255:25 PM
Pradoṣa 18:526:52 PM–20:318:31 PM
Niśītha 24:4012:40+1 AM–25:281:28+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:271:27 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:255:25 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 37 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:318:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:281:28+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī21:069:06 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī10:5410:54 AMAśvinī
YogaSiddha27:19 03:193:19 AM WedSādhya
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:1010:10 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:15 07:157:15 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2037
Śaka
1902
Kali
5081
Ahargaṇa
1 856 152
Day length
11 h 37 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
13:011:01 PM
Moonset
25:311:31+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:365:36 AM07:157:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:365:36 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:016:01 AM07:157:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:157:15 AM09:359:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:388:38 AM10:0910:09 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:359:35 AM11:5411:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:359:35 AM10:2110:21 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0910:09 AM11:3611:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:4012:40 PM13:281:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:4012:40 PM13:271:27 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:041:04 PM14:312:31 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:132:13 PM16:334:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:003:00 PM15:463:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:583:58 PM17:255:25 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:334:33 PM18:526:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:526:52 PM20:318:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:526:52 PM19:177:17 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:526:52 PM20:068:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:4911:49 PM24:3912:39+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:4012:40+1 AM25:281:28+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:402:40+1 AM28:104:10+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:415:41+1 AM31:117:11+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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