Tuesday 14 January 1947 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:019:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0310:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Makara on this day, before sunset. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:269:26 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 53 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:057:05 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 22:0310:03 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 22:2010:20 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 15:243:24 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 09:269:26 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:05 07:057:05 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:126:12 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:057:05 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:169:16 AM | 09:599:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:489:48 AM | 11:1011:10 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1012:10 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:531:53 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:371:37 PM | 15:483:48 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:202:20 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:153:15 PM | 16:374:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:313:31 PM | 17:135:13 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:483:48 PM | 17:585:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:585:58 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:585:58 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:585:58 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:274:27 AM+1 | 30:126:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |