Tuesday 1 November 2022 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:4210:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:358:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:379:37 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:1711:17 AM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 11 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:425:42 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 | 20:358:35 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 24:23 00:2312:23 AM Wed | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 10:4410:44 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:379:37 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:593:59 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:593:59 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:254:25 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 07:567:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:567:56 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:567:56 AM | 08:418:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:308:30 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5310:53 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:052:05 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:352:35 PM | 16:054:05 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:392:39 PM | 16:534:53 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:534:53 PM | 18:366:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:534:53 PM | 17:195:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:534:53 PM | 18:106:10 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0110:01 PM | 22:5210:52 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 28:114:11 AM+1 | 29:435:43 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |