Saturday 30 September 2006 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:152:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:421:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:265:26 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:538:53 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 11 h 56 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
05:265:26 AM to 29:265:26 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 25:42 01:421:42 AM Sun | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 14:182:18 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 08:538:53 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:042:04 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:493:49 AM | 05:265:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:493:49 AM | 04:374:37 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:265:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:265:26 AM | 07:497:49 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:265:26 AM | 06:556:55 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:265:26 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:136:13 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:477:47 AM | 09:259:25 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:497:49 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:258:25 AM | 09:549:54 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0011:00 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3512:35 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:4012:40 PM | 14:182:18 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:5312:53 PM | 14:232:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:231:23 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:592:59 PM | 17:225:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:225:22 PM | 18:586:58 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:225:22 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:225:22 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4911:49 PM | 25:241:24 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |