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Wednesday 3 May 2017 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Vaiśākha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:226:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:225:22 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

04:574:57 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

05:475:47 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:3111:31 AM

The Sun 80° above S. Day length 13 h 09 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3111:31 AM
At noon, 11:3111:31 AM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:303:30 AM–04:134:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:513:51 AM–04:574:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:352:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:056:05 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:056:05 PM–19:107:10 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:2312:23 AM+1–25:591:59 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:356:35 AM–08:148:14 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:529:52 AM–11:3111:31 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:0511:05 AM–11:5711:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3111:31 AM–13:091:09 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:482:48 PM–16:244:24 PMa 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

Lābha04:574:57 AM–06:356:35 AMgood
Amṛta06:356:35 AM–08:148:14 AMgood
Kāla08:148:14 AM–09:529:52 AMavoid
Śubha09:529:52 AM–11:3111:31 AMgood
Roga11:3111:31 AM–13:091:09 PMavoid
Udvega13:091:09 PM–14:482:48 PMavoid
Cara14:482:48 PM–16:274:27 PMneutral
Lābha16:274:27 PM–18:056:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:056:05 PM–19:277:27 PMavoid
Śubha19:277:27 PM–20:488:48 PMgood
Amṛta20:488:48 PM–22:0910:09 PMgood
Cara22:0910:09 PM–23:3111:31 PMneutral
Roga23:3111:31 PM–24:5212:52 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:5212:52 AM+1–26:132:13 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:132:13 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Udvega27:353:35 AM+1–28:564:56 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:574:57 AM to 28:564:56 AM+1

04:574:57 AM sunrise18:056:05 PM sunsetsunrise 28:564:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 17:225:22 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 25:591:59 AM+1
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Gaṇḍauntil 15:263:26 PM
Vṛddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 05:475:47 AM
Bavauntil 17:225:22 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3111:31 AM–13:091:09 PM
Pradoṣa 18:056:05 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 23:0711:07 PM–23:5511:55 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:091:09 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. VṛddhiYoga: Gaṇḍa ends.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 09 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:5511:55 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī17:225:22 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀśleṣā25:59 01:591:59 AM ThuMaghā
YogaGaṇḍa15:263:26 PMVṛddhi
KaraṇaViṣṭi05:475:47 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra28:56 04:564:56 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 411
Day length
13 h 09 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
11:3411:34 AM
Moonset
24:5212:52 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:303:30 AM04:574:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:303:30 AM04:134:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:513:51 AM04:574:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:574:57 AM07:347:34 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:356:35 AM08:148:14 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:347:34 AM10:1210:12 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:529:52 AM11:3111:31 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:0511:05 AM11:5711:57 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:0711:07 AM11:5511:55 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3111:31 AM13:091:09 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:273:27 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:352:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:482:48 PM16:244:24 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:273:27 PM18:056:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:056:05 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:056:05 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:056:05 PM19:107:10 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:0711:07 PM23:5511:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:2312:23 AM+125:591:59 AM+1sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
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