Thursday 5 October 2000 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:183:18+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:285:28 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4912:49 PM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 48 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
05:285:28 AM to 29:285:28+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 | 27:18 03:183:18 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 12:4912:49 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:591:59 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:394:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:285:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:285:28 AM | 07:507:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:285:28 AM | 06:566:56 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:507:50 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:249:24 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:201:20 PM | 14:072:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:032:03 PM | 15:513:51 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:072:07 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:552:55 PM | 17:165:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:165:16 PM | 18:546:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:165:16 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:165:16 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5810:58 PM | 23:4611:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5312:53+1 AM | 26:412:41+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |