Sunday 30 March 2008 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:482:48 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:394:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:485:48 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:394:39 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
11:5711:57 AM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 12 h 20 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
05:485:48 AM to 29:475:47+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 16:394:39 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:31 01:311:31 AM Mon | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 25:50 01:501:50 AM Mon | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 16:394:39 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:485:48 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:144:14 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:485:48 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:485:48 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:479:47 AM | 11:3211:32 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:5711:57 AM | 13:301:30 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:111:11 PM | 15:393:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:023:02 PM | 16:354:35 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:393:39 PM | 18:076:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:284:28 PM | 17:185:18 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:354:35 PM | 18:076:07 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:076:07 PM | 19:407:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:076:07 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:076:07 PM | 19:177:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:178:17 PM | 22:0110:01 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |