Tuesday 19 January 1971 · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:1011:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5712:57+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:147:14 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0812:08 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0112:01 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 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
07:147:14 AM to 31:147:14+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 14:182:18 PM | Svātī |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 22:0910:09 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:0812:08 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:14 07:147:14 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:195:19 AM | 07:147:14 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:195:19 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:485:48 AM | 07:147:14 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:147:14 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:147:14 AM | 09:009:00 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 11:0411:04 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:099:09 AM | 09:489:48 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:389:38 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:131:13 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:152:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:252:25 PM | 15:373:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:542:54 PM | 16:494:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:494:49 PM | 18:446:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:494:49 PM | 17:175:17 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:494:49 PM | 18:156:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:218:21 PM | 22:0410:04 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3510:35 PM | 23:3211:32 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3711:37 PM | 24:2512:25+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:426:42+1 AM | 32:258:25+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |