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Tuesday 30 December 2003 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2812:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:501:50 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:196:19 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:031:03 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:3611:36 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3611:36 AM
At noon, 11:3611:36 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:314:31 AM–05:255:25 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:584:58 AM–06:196:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1511:15 AM–11:5711:57 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:2412:24 PM–14:062:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:221:22 PM–14:042:04 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:534:53 PM–17:205:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:534:53 PM–18:146:14 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:268:26 AM–09:089:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:588:58 AM–10:1710:17 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3611:36 AM–12:5612:56 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:152:15 PM–15:343:34 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1610:16 PM–23:0911:09 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

Roga06:196:19 AM–07:387:38 AMavoid
Udvega07:387:38 AM–08:588:58 AMavoid
Cara08:588:58 AM–10:1710:17 AMneutral
Lābha10:1710:17 AM–11:3611:36 AMgood
Amṛta11:3611:36 AM–12:5612:56 PMgood
Kāla12:5612:56 PM–14:152:15 PMavoid
Śubha14:152:15 PM–15:343:34 PMgood
Roga15:343:34 PM–16:534:53 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:534:53 PM–18:346:34 PMavoid
Lābha18:346:34 PM–20:158:15 PMgood
Udvega20:158:15 PM–21:569:56 PMavoid
Śubha21:569:56 PM–23:3611:36 PMgood
Amṛta23:3611:36 PM–25:171:17 AM+1good
Cara25:171:17 AM+1–26:582:58 AM+1neutral
Roga26:582:58 AM+1–28:394:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:394:39 AM+1–30:196:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:196:19 AM to 30:196:19 AM+1

06:196:19 AM sunrise16:534:53 PM sunsetsunrise 30:196:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 25:501:50 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 17:315:31 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 15:193:19 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:031:03 PM
Bavauntil 25:501:50 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1511:15 AM–11:5711:57 AM
Rāhu kāla 14:152:15 PM–15:343:34 PM
Pradoṣa 16:534:53 PM–18:416:41 PM
Niśītha 23:1211:12 PM–24:0012:00 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 11:5711:57 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:343:34 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 34 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:416:41 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0012:00 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī25:50 01:501:50 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā17:315:31 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān15:193:19 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:031:03 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:19 06:196:19 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 538
Day length
10 h 34 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3611:36 AM
Moonset
23:5711:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:314:31 AM06:196:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:314:31 AM05:255:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:584:58 AM06:196:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:196:19 AM08:268:26 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:268:26 AM10:3310:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:268:26 AM09:089:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:588:58 AM10:1710:17 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1211:12 AM12:0012:00 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1511:15 AM11:5711:57 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3611:36 AM12:5612:56 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:2412:24 PM14:062:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4012:40 PM14:472:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:221:22 PM14:042:04 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:152:15 PM15:343:34 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:472:47 PM16:534:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:534:53 PM18:416:41 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:534:53 PM17:205:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:534:53 PM18:146:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1610:16 PM23:0911:09 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1211:12 PM24:0012:00 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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