Sunday 9 October 2016 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:559:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:0111:01 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:3310:33 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
05:475:47 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 23:0111:01 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 19:047:04 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 20:248:24 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 10:3310:33 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:094:09 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:094:09 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:088:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:088:08 AM | 10:2910:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:081:08 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5012:50 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:551:55 PM | 15:383:38 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:044:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:325:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:583:58 PM | 16:454:45 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:044:04 PM | 17:325:32 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:325:32 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:325:32 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:325:32 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:263:26+1 AM | 29:065:06+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |