Tuesday 17 November 2026 · Chattogram, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:504:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:366:36 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:066:06 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:248:24 AM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 02 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
06:066:06 AM to 30:076:07 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 | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 29:05 05:055:05 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 08:248:24 AM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:485:48 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:234:23 AM | 06:066:06 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:234:23 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:066:06 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:066:06 AM | 08:198:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:107:10 AM | 08:558:55 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:198:19 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:198:19 AM | 09:039:03 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:528:52 AM | 10:1510:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:001:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:122:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:232:23 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:562:56 PM | 17:095:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:095:09 PM | 18:526:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:095:09 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:095:09 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:415:41 PM | 19:267:26 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2010:20 PM | 23:1211:12 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |