Tuesday 18 October 1988 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:384:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:163:16+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:345:34 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:147:14 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhā gives way to Uttarāṣāḍhā.
Noon
11:1911:19 AM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 11 h 30 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
05:345:34 AM to 29:355:35+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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 27:16 03:163:16 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 07:147:14 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 16:004:00 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:014:01 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:35 05:355:35 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:543:54 AM | 05:345:34 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:543:54 AM | 04:444:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:194:19 AM | 05:345:34 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:345:34 AM | 07:527:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:527:52 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:527:52 AM | 08:388:38 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:268:26 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5610:56 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2812:28 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:141:14 PM | 14:002:00 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:112:11 PM | 15:383:38 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:462:46 PM | 17:045:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:592:59 PM | 16:324:32 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:045:04 PM | 18:446:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:045:04 PM | 17:295:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:045:04 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0410:04 PM | 22:5410:54 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:1712:17+1 AM | 25:501:50+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |