Tuesday 26 November 1968 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:505:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:225:22 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:546:54 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:029:02 AM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 28 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
06:546:54 AM to 30:556:55 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 | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 09:029:02 AM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 18:306:30 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:305:30 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:55 06:556:55 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:584:58 AM | 06:546:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:584:58 AM | 05:565:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:546:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:546:54 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:478:47 AM | 09:259:25 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:169:16 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1911:19 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:4912:49 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:131:13 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:002:00 PM | 15:113:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:282:28 PM | 16:224:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:194:19 PM | 17:565:56 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:224:22 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:224:22 PM | 16:514:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:224:22 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1110:11 PM | 23:0911:09 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:012:01 AM+1 | 27:383:38 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |