Monday 22 September 2008 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:109:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:027:02 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 92 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:235:23 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:048:04 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 07 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
05:235:23 AM to 29:235:23 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 19:027:02 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 09:559:55 AM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 16:494:49 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:048:04 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:23 05:235:23 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:483:48 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:483:48 AM | 04:354:35 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:124:12 AM | 05:235:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:235:23 AM | 07:487:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:546:54 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:487:48 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:559:55 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0211:02 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3912:39 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5712:57 PM | 14:282:28 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:281:28 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:162:16 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:305:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:305:30 PM | 19:057:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:305:30 PM | 17:545:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:305:30 PM | 18:416:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:525:52 PM | 19:237:23 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1011:10 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | sixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra |