Tuesday 6 August 1996 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:228:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:398:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:045:04 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:258:25 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 81° above S. Day length 13 h 12 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
05:045:04 AM to 29:045:04+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 20:398:39 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 20:358:35 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 13:291:29 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:258:25 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:04 05:045:04 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:373:37 AM | 05:045:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:373:37 AM | 04:204:20 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:593:59 AM | 05:045:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:045:04 AM | 07:427:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:365:36 AM | 07:167:16 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:427:42 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:427:42 AM | 08:358:35 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:228:22 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:521:52 PM | 14:442:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:582:58 PM | 16:374:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:353:35 PM | 17:155:15 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:373:37 PM | 18:156:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:156:15 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:156:15 PM | 18:376:37 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:156:15 PM | 19:207:20 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3510:35 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |