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Wednesday 17 October 2018 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Āśvina Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 07:477:47 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:2010:20 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mahānavamī

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

At sunrise

05:335:33 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:156:15 AM

Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.

Noon

11:1911:19 AM

The Sun 55° above S. Day length 11 h 32 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:1911:19 AM
At noon, 11:1911:19 AM, the Sun is in Citrā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 56% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:543:54 AM–04:444:44 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:194:19 AM–05:335:33 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:4511:45 AM–13:331:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:141:14 PM–14:002:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:055:05 PM–17:305:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:055:05 PM–18:206:20 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:007:00 AM–08:268:26 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:539:53 AM–11:1911:19 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:5610:56 AM–11:4211:42 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:1911:19 AM–12:4612:46 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya23:2911:29 PM–25:181:18 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

Lābha05:335:33 AM–07:007:00 AMgood
Amṛta07:007:00 AM–08:268:26 AMgood
Kāla08:268:26 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Śubha09:539:53 AM–11:1911:19 AMgood
Roga11:1911:19 AM–12:4612:46 PMavoid
Udvega12:4612:46 PM–14:122:12 PMavoid
Cara14:122:12 PM–15:383:38 PMneutral
Lābha15:383:38 PM–17:055:05 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:055:05 PM–18:386:38 PMavoid
Śubha18:386:38 PM–20:128:12 PMgood
Amṛta20:128:12 PM–21:469:46 PMgood
Cara21:469:46 PM–23:1911:19 PMneutral
Roga23:1911:19 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:5312:53 AM+1–26:272:27 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:272:27 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1good
Udvega28:004:00 AM+1–29:345:34 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:335:33 AM to 29:345:34 AM+1

05:335:33 AM sunrise17:055:05 PM sunsetsunrise 29:345:34 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 10:2010:20 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 18:586:58 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 06:156:15 AM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 10:2010:20 AM
Bālavauntil 23:4011:40 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:1911:19 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Pradoṣa 17:055:05 PM–18:456:45 PM
Niśītha 22:5510:55 PM–23:4311:43 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. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4612:46 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 32 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:456:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 23:4311:43 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī10:2010:20 AMNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā18:586:58 PMŚravaṇa
YogaSukarmā06:156:15 AMDhṛti
KaraṇaBava10:2010:20 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:34 05:345:34 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āśvina
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 943
Day length
11 h 32 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
12:4512:45 PM
Moonset
23:4511:45 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:543:54 AM05:335:33 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:543:54 AM04:444:44 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:194:19 AM05:335:33 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:335:33 AM07:527:52 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:007:00 AM08:268:26 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:527:52 AM10:1010:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:1911:19 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday10:5510:55 AM11:4311:43 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:5610:56 AM11:4211:42 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:1911:19 AM12:4612:46 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:4511:45 AM13:331:33 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:2812:28 PM14:472:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:141:14 PM14:002:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:472:47 PM17:055:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:055:05 PM18:456:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:055:05 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:055:05 PM18:206:20 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight22:5510:55 PM23:4311:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra23:2911:29 PM25:181:18 AM+1sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
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