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Thursday 26 March 2026 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:212:21 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1912:19 PM.

Observed here on this day

Rāma Navamī

Navamī covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

AlsoBhavānī Utpatti boundary

At sunrise

05:525:52 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1912:19 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:5811:58 AM

The Sun 70° above S. Day length 12 h 14 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChattogram11:5811:58 AM
At noon, 11:5811:58 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:174:17 AM–05:055:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:525:52 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:207:20 AM–08:518:51 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:3411:34 AM–12:2312:23 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:066:06 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:066:06 PM–19:167:16 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:525:52 AM–07:237:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika08:558:55 AM–10:2710:27 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:569:56 AM–10:4510:45 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:301:30 PM–15:023:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:393:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya28:224:22 AM+1–29:545:54 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Śubha05:525:52 AM–07:237:23 AMgood
Roga07:237:23 AM–08:558:55 AMavoid
Udvega08:558:55 AM–10:2710:27 AMavoid
Cara10:2710:27 AM–11:5911:59 AMneutral
Lābha11:5911:59 AM–13:301:30 PMgood
Amṛta13:301:30 PM–15:023:02 PMgood
Kāla15:023:02 PM–16:344:34 PMavoid
Śubha16:344:34 PM–18:066:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:066:06 PM–19:347:34 PMgood
Cara19:347:34 PM–21:029:02 PMneutral
Roga21:029:02 PM–22:3010:30 PMavoid
Kāla22:3010:30 PM–23:5811:58 PMavoid
Lābha23:5811:58 PM–25:261:26 AM+1good
Udvega25:261:26 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:542:54 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Amṛta28:234:23 AM+1–29:515:51 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:525:52 AM to 29:515:51 AM+1

05:525:52 AM sunrise18:066:06 PM sunsetsunrise 29:515:51 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 12:1912:19 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 16:494:49 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 25:021:02 AM+1
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 12:1912:19 PM
Bālavauntil 23:2611:26 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3411:34 AM–12:2312:23 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:301:30 PM–15:023:02 PM
Pradoṣa 18:066:06 PM–19:407:40 PM
Niśītha 23:3411:34 PM–24:2212:22 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. AbhijitUntil 12:2312:23 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:023:02 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 14 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:407:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2212:22 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī12:1912:19 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā16:494:49 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana25:02 01:021:02 AM FriAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava12:1912:19 PMBālava
VāraGuruvāra29:51 05:515:51 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2083
Śaka
1948
Kali
5127
Ahargaṇa
1 872 660
Day length
12 h 14 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
11:4211:42 AM
Moonset
25:461:46 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:174:17 AM05:525:52 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:174:17 AM05:055:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:525:52 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:525:52 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:525:52 AM07:237:23 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:207:20 AM08:518:51 AMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:4510:45 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:558:55 AM10:2710:27 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:569:56 AM10:4510:45 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:121:12 PM15:393:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:301:30 PM15:023:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:393:39 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:393:39 PM18:066:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:066:06 PM19:407:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:066:06 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:066:06 PM19:167:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3411:34 PM24:2212:22 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:224:22 AM+129:545:54 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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