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Tuesday 15 January 1974 · Daegu, South Korea

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:024:02 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:184:18 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:367:36 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:044:04 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaegu12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 268° ahead of it, in Citrā, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 268° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:435:43 AM–06:406:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:126:12 AM–07:367:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1512:15 PM–12:5512:55 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:152:15 PM–14:552:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:345:34 PM–18:026:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:345:34 PM–18:586:58 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:367:36 PM–21:169:16 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:359:35 AM–10:1510:15 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:429:42 AM–11:2111:21 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0510:05 AM–11:2011:20 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3512:35 PM–13:501:50 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:053:05 PM–16:194:19 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1111:11 PM–24:0712:07 AM+1an 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

Roga07:367:36 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Udvega08:518:51 AM–10:0510:05 AMavoid
Cara10:0510:05 AM–11:2011:20 AMneutral
Lābha11:2011:20 AM–12:3512:35 PMgood
Amṛta12:3512:35 PM–13:501:50 PMgood
Kāla13:501:50 PM–15:053:05 PMavoid
Śubha15:053:05 PM–16:194:19 PMgood
Roga16:194:19 PM–17:345:34 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:345:34 PM–19:197:19 PMavoid
Lābha19:197:19 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Udvega21:049:04 PM–22:5010:50 PMavoid
Śubha22:5010:50 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1good
Amṛta24:3512:35 AM+1–26:202:20 AM+1good
Cara26:202:20 AM+1–28:054:05 AM+1neutral
Roga28:054:05 AM+1–29:505:50 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:505:50 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:367:36 AM to 31:357:35 AM+1

07:367:36 AM sunrise17:345:34 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:184:18 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 26:132:13 AM+1
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 17:305:30 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 16:044:04 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:184:18 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1512:15 PM–12:5512:55 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:053:05 PM–16:194:19 PM
Pradoṣa 17:345:34 PM–19:267:26 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11 AM+1–24:5912:59 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 12:5512:55 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:194:19 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 58 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:267:26 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī28:18 04:184:18 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā26:13 02:132:13 AM WedSvātī
YogaSukarmā17:305:30 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava16:044:04 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2030
Śaka
1895
Kali
5074
Ahargaṇa
1 853 597
Day length
9 h 58 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:191:19 AM+1
Moonset
11:2311:23 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:435:43 AM07:367:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:435:43 AM06:406:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:126:12 AM07:367:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:367:36 AM09:359:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:359:35 AM11:3511:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:359:35 AM10:1510:15 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:429:42 AM11:2111:21 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0510:05 AM11:2011:20 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1512:15 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3512:35 PM13:501:50 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:351:35 PM15:343:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:152:15 PM14:552:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:053:05 PM16:194:19 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:343:34 PM17:345:34 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:345:34 PM19:267:26 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:345:34 PM18:026:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:345:34 PM18:586:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:367:36 PM21:169:16 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1111:11 PM24:0712:07 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11 AM+124:5912:59 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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