Sunday 4 April 2021 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:431:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3012:30 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:235:23 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:021:02 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 12 h 29 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
05:235:23 AM to 29:225:22 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:30 00:3012:30 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 23:3611:36 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 16:124:12 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:021:02 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:503:50 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:503:50 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:134:13 AM | 05:235:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:235:23 AM | 07:527:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:527:52 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:319:31 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:111:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:322:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:442:44 PM | 16:184:18 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:223:22 PM | 17:515:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:124:12 PM | 17:025:02 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:184:18 PM | 17:515:51 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:515:51 PM | 19:237:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:515:51 PM | 18:146:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:515:51 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:546:54 PM | 20:288:28 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |