Tuesday 6 October 1981 · Camayenne, Conakry, Guinea
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:446:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:388:38 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:436:43 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:457:45 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:4312:43 PM
The Sun 75° above S. Day length 11 h 59 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
06:436:43 AM to 30:436:43+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 20:388:38 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:0810:08 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 28:14 04:144:14 AM Wed | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:457:45 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:075:07 AM | 06:436:43 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:075:07 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:315:31 AM | 06:436:43 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:436:43 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 09:559:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:439:43 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:132:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:551:55 PM | 16:194:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:432:43 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:433:43 PM | 17:135:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:194:19 PM | 18:426:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:514:51 PM | 18:376:37 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:426:42 PM | 20:198:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:426:42 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:426:42 PM | 19:547:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 25:071:07+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |