Friday 21 November 1947 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:043:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:185:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:396:39 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:218:21 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:0812:08 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 00 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
06:396:39 AM to 30:396:39 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 17:185:18 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 08:218:21 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Sat | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:185:18 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:544:54 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:544:54 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:396:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:396:39 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:018:01 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:508:50 AM | 09:349:34 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:3012:30 PM | 13:141:14 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:141:14 PM | 15:263:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:581:58 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:532:53 PM | 16:164:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:263:26 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:174:17 PM | 18:026:02 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:385:38 PM | 19:227:22 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:385:38 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:385:38 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:512:51 AM+1 | 28:364:36 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |