Monday 14 January 2019 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:129:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0710:07 PM.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
06:226:22 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:469:46 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 43 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
06:226:22 AM to 30:226:22 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 22:0710:07 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 10:2210:22 AM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 28:22 04:224:22 AM Tue | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:469:46 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:22 06:226:22 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:025:02 AM | 06:226:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:226:22 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 09:029:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:487:48 AM | 09:319:31 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2310:23 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:4712:47 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4712:47 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:242:24 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:301:30 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:132:13 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:562:56 PM | 17:045:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:045:04 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:045:04 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:045:04 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:553:55 AM+1 | 29:355:35 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |