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Thursday 20 December 2012 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:0411:04 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:4611:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:286:28 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:458:45 AM

Pūrva Bhādrapadā gives way to Uttara Bhādrapadā.

Noon

11:5011:50 AM

The Sun 44° above S. Day length 10 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:5011:50 AM
At noon, 11:5011:50 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:424:42 AM–05:355:35 AM
  • Abhijit11:2911:29 AM–12:1212:12 PM
  • Vijaya13:381:38 PM–14:212:21 PM
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:405:40 PM
  • Amṛta kāla29:125:12 AM+1–30:546:54 AM+1

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:286:28 AM–07:487:48 AM
  • Gulika09:099:09 AM–10:3010:30 AM
  • Durmuhūrta10:0310:03 AM–10:4610:46 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:111:11 PM–14:322:32 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:212:21 PM–15:043:04 PM
  • Varjya18:586:58 PM–20:418:41 PM

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

Śubha06:286:28 AM–07:487:48 AMgood
Roga07:487:48 AM–09:099:09 AMavoid
Udvega09:099:09 AM–10:3010:30 AMavoid
Cara10:3010:30 AM–11:5011:50 AMneutral
Lābha11:5011:50 AM–13:111:11 PMgood
Amṛta13:111:11 PM–14:322:32 PMgood
Kāla14:322:32 PM–15:523:52 PMavoid
Śubha15:523:52 PM–17:135:13 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:135:13 PM–18:536:53 PMgood
Cara18:536:53 PM–20:328:32 PMneutral
Roga20:328:32 PM–22:1110:11 PMavoid
Kāla22:1110:11 PM–23:5111:51 PMavoid
Lābha23:5111:51 PM–25:301:30 AM+1good
Udvega25:301:30 AM+1–27:093:09 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:093:09 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1good
Amṛta28:494:49 AM+1–30:286:28 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:286:28 AM to 30:286:28 AM+1

06:286:28 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 30:286:28 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:4611:46 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 08:458:45 AM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 24:1112:11 AM+1
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:1911:19 AM
Bavauntil 23:4611:46 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2911:29 AM–12:1212:12 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:111:11 PM–14:322:32 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:2711:27 PM–24:1512:15 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1212:12 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:322:32 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 46 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1512:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:4611:46 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā08:458:45 AMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVyatīpāta24:11 00:1112:11 AM FriVarīyān
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:1911:19 AMBava
VāraGuruvāra30:28 06:286:28 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 816
Day length
10 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:4111:41 AM
Moonset
24:1512:15 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:424:42 AM06:286:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:424:42 AM05:355:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:085:08 AM06:286:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:286:28 AM08:378:37 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa06:286:28 AM07:487:48 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava08:378:37 AM10:4610:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika09:099:09 AM10:3010:30 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta10:0310:03 AM10:4610:46 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:2911:29 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa12:5512:55 PM15:043:04 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:111:11 PM14:322:32 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya13:381:38 PM14:212:21 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:212:21 PM15:043:04 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:043:04 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:135:13 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:135:13 PM17:405:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM18:336:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya18:586:58 PM20:418:41 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:2711:27 PM24:1512:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla29:125:12 AM+130:546:54 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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