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Tuesday 24 January 1995 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:478:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:047:04 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:206:20 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:587:58 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Svātī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:354:35 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:015:01 AM–06:206:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2411:24 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:351:35 PM–14:182:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:494:49 PM–18:206:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:125:12 PM–17:385:38 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:125:12 PM–18:316:31 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Varjya07:407:40 AM–09:119:11 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:318:31 AM–09:149:14 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:039:03 AM–10:2510:25 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4611:46 AM–13:071:07 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:292:29 PM–15:503:50 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2710:27 PM–23:2011:20 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

Roga06:206:20 AM–07:427:42 AMavoid
Udvega07:427:42 AM–09:039:03 AMavoid
Cara09:039:03 AM–10:2510:25 AMneutral
Lābha10:2510:25 AM–11:4611:46 AMgood
Amṛta11:4611:46 AM–13:071:07 PMgood
Kāla13:071:07 PM–14:292:29 PMavoid
Śubha14:292:29 PM–15:503:50 PMgood
Roga15:503:50 PM–17:125:12 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:125:12 PM–18:506:50 PMavoid
Lābha18:506:50 PM–20:298:29 PMgood
Udvega20:298:29 PM–22:0710:07 PMavoid
Śubha22:0710:07 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Amṛta23:4611:46 PM–25:241:24+1 AMgood
Cara25:241:24+1 AM–27:033:03+1 AMneutral
Roga27:033:03+1 AM–28:414:41+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:414:41+1 AM–30:206:20+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:206:20 AM to 30:206:20+1 AM

06:206:20 AM sunrise17:125:12 PM sunsetsunrise 30:206:20+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:047:04 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 25:121:12+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 24:0912:09+1 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:587:58 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:047:04 PM
Taitilauntil 30:066:06+1 AM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2411:24 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:292:29 PM–15:503:50 PM
Pradoṣa 17:125:12 PM–18:576:57 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:503:50 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 51 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:576:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  11. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:047:04 PMNavamī
NakṣatraSvātī25:12 01:121:12 AM WedViśākhā
YogaŚūla24:09 00:0912:09 AM WedGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava07:587:58 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:20 06:206:20 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2051
Śaka
1916
Kali
5095
Ahargaṇa
1 861 276
Day length
10 h 51 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
24:3612:36+1 AM
Moonset
11:0511:05 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:354:35 AM06:206:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:354:35 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:015:01 AM06:206:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:206:20 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:407:40 AM09:119:11 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM10:4110:41 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:318:31 AM09:149:14 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:039:03 AM10:2510:25 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2211:22 AM12:1012:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4611:46 AM13:071:07 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM15:013:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:351:35 PM14:182:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:292:29 PM15:503:50 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:013:01 PM17:125:12 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:494:49 PM18:206:20 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:125:12 PM18:576:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:125:12 PM17:385:38 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:125:12 PM18:316:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2710:27 PM23:2011:20 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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