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Sunday 7 January 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:127:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:399:39 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:197:19 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:238:23 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5711:57 AM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 16 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChicago11:5711:57 AM
At noon, 11:5711:57 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Revatī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:197:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3811:38 AM–12:1512:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:072:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:354:35 PM–17:045:04 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:354:35 PM–18:036:03 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:577:57 PM–21:459:45 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya09:129:12 AM–11:0011:00 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:5711:57 AM–13:061:06 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika14:162:16 PM–15:253:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:213:21 PM–15:583:58 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla15:253:25 PM–16:354:35 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Udvega07:197:19 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Cara08:288:28 AM–09:389:38 AMneutral
Lābha09:389:38 AM–10:4710:47 AMgood
Amṛta10:4710:47 AM–11:5711:57 AMgood
Kāla11:5711:57 AM–13:061:06 PMavoid
Śubha13:061:06 PM–14:162:16 PMgood
Roga14:162:16 PM–15:253:25 PMavoid
Udvega15:253:25 PM–16:354:35 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha16:354:35 PM–18:256:25 PMgood
Amṛta18:256:25 PM–20:168:16 PMgood
Cara20:168:16 PM–22:0610:06 PMneutral
Roga22:0610:06 PM–23:5711:57 PMavoid
Kāla23:5711:57 PM–25:471:47+1 AMavoid
Lābha25:471:47+1 AM–27:383:38+1 AMgood
Udvega27:383:38+1 AM–29:285:28+1 AMavoid
Śubha29:285:28+1 AM–31:197:19+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:197:19 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM

07:197:19 AM sunrise16:354:35 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 21:399:39 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 22:3910:39 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 28:284:28+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 08:238:23 AM
Bavauntil 21:399:39 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3811:38 AM–12:1512:15 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:253:25 PM–16:354:35 PM
Pradoṣa 16:354:35 PM–18:336:33 PM
Niśītha 23:3311:33 PM–24:2112:21+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Ravivāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1512:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:354:35 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 16 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:336:33 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2112:21+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī21:399:39 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī22:3910:39 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva28:28 04:284:28 AM MonSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi08:238:23 AMBava
VāraRavivāra31:19 07:197:19 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2024
Śaka
1889
Kali
5068
Ahargaṇa
1 851 397
Day length
9 h 16 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3111:31 AM
Moonset
24:4612:46+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:197:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:197:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:197:19 AM09:109:10 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:109:10 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:129:12 AM11:0011:00 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3311:33 AM12:2112:21 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:5711:57 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5212:52 PM14:442:44 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:072:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:162:16 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:442:44 PM16:354:35 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:213:21 PM15:583:58 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:253:25 PM16:354:35 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk16:354:35 PM18:336:33 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:354:35 PM17:045:04 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:354:35 PM18:036:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:577:57 PM21:459:45 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:3311:33 PM24:2112:21+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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