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Tuesday 27 January 2015 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:228:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:237:23 PM.

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

07:487:48 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

The Sun 46° above S. Day length 10 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:275:27 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:015:01 AM–06:196:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:361:36 PM–14:192:19 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:145:14 PM–17:405:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:145:14 PM–18:336:33 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:503:50 AM+1–29:265:26 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:308:30 AM–09:149:14 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:039:03 AM–10:2510:25 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4711:47 AM–13:081:08 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:302:30 PM–15:523:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:156:15 PM–19:517:51 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2810:28 PM–23:2011:20 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–07:417:41 AMavoid
Udvega07:417:41 AM–09:039:03 AMavoid
Cara09:039:03 AM–10:2510:25 AMneutral
Lābha10:2510:25 AM–11:4711:47 AMgood
Amṛta11:4711:47 AM–13:081:08 PMgood
Kāla13:081:08 PM–14:302:30 PMavoid
Śubha14:302:30 PM–15:523:52 PMgood
Roga15:523:52 PM–17:145:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:145:14 PM–18:526:52 PMavoid
Lābha18:526:52 PM–20:308:30 PMgood
Udvega20:308:30 PM–22:0810:08 PMavoid
Śubha22:0810:08 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Amṛta23:4611:46 PM–25:251:25 AM+1good
Cara25:251:25 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1neutral
Roga27:033:03 AM+1–28:414:41 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:414:41 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 sunrise17:145:14 PM sunsetsunrise 30:196:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:237:23 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 08:408:40 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 26:042:04 AM+1
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:487:48 AM
Bavauntil 19:237:23 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:302:30 PM–15:523:52 PM
Pradoṣa 17:145:14 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10 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. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:523:52 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 55 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī19:237:23 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī08:408:40 AMBharaṇī
YogaŚubha26:04 02:042:04 AM WedŚukla
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:487:48 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:19 06:196:19 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 584
Day length
10 h 55 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:1611:16 AM
Moonset
24:3012:30 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM06:196:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:275:27 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:015:01 AM06:196:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:196:19 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:4110:41 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:308:30 AM09:149:14 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:039:03 AM10:2510:25 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4711:47 AM13:081:08 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5212:52 PM15:033:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:361:36 PM14:192:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:302:30 PM15:523:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:033:03 PM17:145:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:145:14 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:145:14 PM17:405:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:145:14 PM18:336:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:156:15 PM19:517:51 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2810:28 PM23:2011:20 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:503:50 AM+129:265:26 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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