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Tuesday 19 December 1939 · Daegu, South Korea

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:454:45 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:197:19 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:317:31 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

19:197:19 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaegu12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:365:36 AM–06:336:33 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:056:05 AM–07:317:31 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0312:03 PM–12:4212:42 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:591:59 PM–14:382:38 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:145:14 PM–17:425:42 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:145:14 PM–18:406:40 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:094:09 AM+1–29:575:57 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:279:27 AM–10:0610:06 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:569:56 AM–11:0911:09 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2212:22 PM–13:351:35 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:482:48 PM–16:014:01 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:255:25 PM–19:127:12 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:5710:57 PM–23:5411:54 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:317:31 AM–08:448:44 AMavoid
Udvega08:448:44 AM–09:569:56 AMavoid
Cara09:569:56 AM–11:0911:09 AMneutral
Lābha11:0911:09 AM–12:2212:22 PMgood
Amṛta12:2212:22 PM–13:351:35 PMgood
Kāla13:351:35 PM–14:482:48 PMavoid
Śubha14:482:48 PM–16:014:01 PMgood
Roga16:014:01 PM–17:145:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:145:14 PM–19:017:01 PMavoid
Lābha19:017:01 PM–20:488:48 PMgood
Udvega20:488:48 PM–22:3510:35 PMavoid
Śubha22:3510:35 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2212:22 AM+1–26:102:10 AM+1good
Cara26:102:10 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1neutral
Roga27:573:57 AM+1–29:445:44 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:445:44 AM+1–31:317:31 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:317:31 AM to 31:317:31 AM+1

07:317:31 AM sunrise17:145:14 PM sunsetsunrise 31:317:31 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:197:19 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 25:461:46 AM+1
Varīyānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 19:197:19 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0312:03 PM–12:4212:42 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:482:48 PM–16:014:01 PM
Pradoṣa 17:145:14 PM–19:087:08 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4212:42 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:014:01 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 43 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:087:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī19:197:19 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadāpast sunriseRevatī
YogaVyatīpāta25:46 01:461:46 AM WedVarīyān
KaraṇaBava19:197:19 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:31 07:317:31 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1996
Śaka
1861
Kali
5040
Ahargaṇa
1 841 151
Day length
9 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:2812:28 PM
Moonset
25:031:03 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:365:36 AM07:317:31 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:365:36 AM06:336:33 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:056:05 AM07:317:31 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:317:31 AM09:279:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:279:27 AM11:2411:24 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:279:27 AM10:0610:06 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:569:56 AM11:0911:09 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:5811:58 AM12:4612:46 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0312:03 PM12:4212:42 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2212:22 PM13:351:35 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:211:21 PM15:173:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:591:59 PM14:382:38 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:482:48 PM16:014:01 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:173:17 PM17:145:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:145:14 PM19:087:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:145:14 PM17:425:42 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:145:14 PM18:406:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:255:25 PM19:127:12 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5710:57 PM23:5411:54 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:094:09 AM+129:575:57 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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