Friday 9 March 2018 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:151:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:313:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:505:50 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:202:20 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4411:44 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 50 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
05:505:50 AM to 29:495:49 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 | 27:31 03:313:31 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Sat | Mūla |
| Yoga | Vajra | 15:223:22 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:202:20 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:49 05:495:49 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:505:50 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:505:50 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:187:18 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:128:12 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5612:56 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:422:42 PM | 16:114:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:103:10 PM | 16:564:56 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:405:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:405:40 PM | 19:177:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:405:40 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:405:40 PM | 18:526:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |