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Wednesday 12 January 2011 · Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:533:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:046:04 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:266:26 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:015:01 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:1912:19 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonColombo12:1912:19 PM
At noon, 12:1912:19 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Revatī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:484:48 AM–05:375:37 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:135:13 AM–06:266:26 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:162:16 PM–15:033:03 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:116:11 PM–18:366:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:116:11 PM–19:257:25 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:346:34 PM–20:218:21 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya07:527:52 AM–09:399:39 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa07:547:54 AM–09:239:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5110:51 AM–12:1912:19 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5511:55 AM–12:4212:42 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1912:19 PM–13:471:47 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

Lābha06:266:26 AM–07:547:54 AMgood
Amṛta07:547:54 AM–09:239:23 AMgood
Kāla09:239:23 AM–10:5110:51 AMavoid
Śubha10:5110:51 AM–12:1912:19 PMgood
Roga12:1912:19 PM–13:471:47 PMavoid
Udvega13:471:47 PM–15:153:15 PMavoid
Cara15:153:15 PM–16:434:43 PMneutral
Lābha16:434:43 PM–18:116:11 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:116:11 PM–19:437:43 PMavoid
Śubha19:437:43 PM–21:159:15 PMgood
Amṛta21:159:15 PM–22:4710:47 PMgood
Cara22:4710:47 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1912:19 AM+1–25:511:51 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:511:51 AM+1–27:233:23 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:233:23 AM+1–28:554:55 AM+1good
Udvega28:554:55 AM+1–30:276:27 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:266:26 AM to 30:276:27 AM+1

06:266:26 AM sunrise18:116:11 PM sunsetsunrise 30:276:27 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 30:046:04 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 21:149:14 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 18:396:39 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 17:015:01 PM
Bavauntil 30:046:04 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1912:19 PM–13:471:47 PM
Pradoṣa 18:116:11 PM–19:497:49 PM
Niśītha 23:5511:55 PM–24:4312:43 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:471:47 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:497:49 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  7. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4312:43 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī30:04 06:046:04 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī21:149:14 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva18:396:39 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi17:015:01 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:27 06:276:27 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2067
Śaka
1932
Kali
5111
Ahargaṇa
1 867 108
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:4411:44 AM
Moonset
24:1612:16 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:484:48 AM06:266:26 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:484:48 AM05:375:37 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:135:13 AM06:266:26 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:266:26 AM08:478:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:527:52 AM09:399:39 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:547:54 AM09:239:23 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:478:47 AM11:0811:08 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5110:51 AM12:1912:19 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5511:55 AM12:4212:42 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1912:19 PM13:471:47 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:291:29 PM15:503:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:162:16 PM15:033:03 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:503:50 PM18:116:11 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:116:11 PM19:497:49 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:116:11 PM18:366:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:116:11 PM19:257:25 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:346:34 PM20:218:21 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5511:55 PM24:4312:43 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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