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Monday 21 September 2015 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Bhādrapada Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:5411:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:5311:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Rādhāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:225:22 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5911:59 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:2711:27 AM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 12 h 10 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:2711:27 AM
At noon, 11:2711:27 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Phalgunī and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Mūla, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:483:48 AM–04:354:35 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:114:11 AM–05:225:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0311:03 AM–11:5111:51 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:291:29 PM–14:172:17 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:325:32 PM–17:555:55 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:325:32 PM–18:436:43 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:3210:32 PM–24:1012:10 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:536:53 AM–08:248:24 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:569:56 AM–11:2711:27 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5111:51 AM–12:4012:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya12:4412:44 PM–14:222:22 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:5812:58 PM–14:292:29 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:172:17 PM–15:063:06 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya27:263:26 AM+1–29:045:04 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Amṛta05:225:22 AM–06:536:53 AMgood
Kāla06:536:53 AM–08:248:24 AMavoid
Śubha08:248:24 AM–09:569:56 AMgood
Roga09:569:56 AM–11:2711:27 AMavoid
Udvega11:2711:27 AM–12:5812:58 PMavoid
Cara12:5812:58 PM–14:292:29 PMneutral
Lābha14:292:29 PM–16:014:01 PMgood
Amṛta16:014:01 PM–17:325:32 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:325:32 PM–19:017:01 PMneutral
Roga19:017:01 PM–20:298:29 PMavoid
Kāla20:298:29 PM–21:589:58 PMavoid
Lābha21:589:58 PM–23:2711:27 PMgood
Udvega23:2711:27 PM–24:5612:56 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5612:56 AM+1–26:252:25 AM+1good
Amṛta26:252:25 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1good
Cara27:543:54 AM+1–29:225:22 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:225:22 AM to 29:225:22 AM+1

05:225:22 AM sunrise17:325:32 PM sunsetsunrise 29:225:22 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:5311:53 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 29:045:04 AM+1
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 15:263:26 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:5911:59 AM
Bavauntil 23:5311:53 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:536:53 AM–08:248:24 AM
Abhijit 11:0311:03 AM–11:5111:51 AM
Pradoṣa 17:325:32 PM–19:077:07 PM
Niśītha 23:0311:03 PM–23:5111:51 PM

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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:248:24 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 11:5111:51 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 10 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:077:07 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 23:5111:51 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:5311:53 PMNavamī
NakṣatraMūla29:04 05:045:04 AM TuePūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaĀyuṣmān15:263:26 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:5911:59 AMBava
VāraSomavāra29:22 05:225:22 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 821
Day length
12 h 10 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
12:0412:04 PM
Moonset
23:1211:12 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:483:48 AM05:225:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:483:48 AM04:354:35 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:114:11 AM05:225:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:225:22 AM07:487:48 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:536:53 AM08:248:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:487:48 AM10:1410:14 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:569:56 AM11:2711:27 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0311:03 AM11:5111:51 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:0311:03 AM11:5111:51 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5111:51 AM12:4012:40 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4012:40 PM15:063:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:4412:44 PM14:222:22 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5812:58 PM14:292:29 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:291:29 PM14:172:17 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:172:17 PM15:063:06 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:063:06 PM17:325:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:325:32 PM19:077:07 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:325:32 PM17:555:55 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:325:32 PM18:436:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:3210:32 PM24:1012:10 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:0311:03 PM23:5111:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:263:26 AM+129:045:04 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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