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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:543:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:571:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:216:21 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:571:57 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 38 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 95° ahead of it, in Revatī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 95° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:015:01 AM–06:216:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1911:19 AM–12:0212:02 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:041:04 PM–14:352:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:271:27 PM–14:092:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:594:59 PM–17:265:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:594:59 PM–18:206:20 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:298:29 AM–09:119:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:019:01 AM–10:2010:20 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–13:001:00 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2010:20 PM–23:1411:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga06:216:21 AM–07:417:41 AMavoid
Udvega07:417:41 AM–09:019:01 AMavoid
Cara09:019:01 AM–10:2010:20 AMneutral
Lābha10:2010:20 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Amṛta11:4011:40 AM–13:001:00 PMgood
Kāla13:001:00 PM–14:202:20 PMavoid
Śubha14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PMgood
Roga15:403:40 PM–16:594:59 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:594:59 PM–18:406:40 PMavoid
Lābha18:406:40 PM–20:208:20 PMgood
Udvega20:208:20 PM–22:0010:00 PMavoid
Śubha22:0010:00 PM–23:4011:40 PMgood
Amṛta23:4011:40 PM–25:211:21 AM+1good
Cara25:211:21 AM+1–27:013:01 AM+1neutral
Roga27:013:01 AM+1–28:414:41 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:414:41 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:216:21 AM to 30:216:21 AM+1

06:216:21 AM sunrise16:594:59 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 13:571:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 15:203:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 20:468:46 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:571:57 PM
Bālavauntil 24:5712:57 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1911:19 AM–12:0212:02 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:202:20 PM–15:403:40 PM
Pradoṣa 16:594:59 PM–18:466:46 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:0212:02 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:403:40 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 38 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:466:46 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī13:571:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī15:203:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva20:468:46 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava13:571:57 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
10 h 38 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:2611:26 AM
Moonset
24:3412:34 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM06:216:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:015:01 AM06:216:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:216:21 AM08:298:29 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:298:29 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:298:29 AM09:119:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:019:01 AM10:2010:20 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1911:19 AM12:0212:02 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM13:001:00 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4412:44 PM14:522:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:041:04 PM14:352:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:271:27 PM14:092:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:202:20 PM15:403:40 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:522:52 PM16:594:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:594:59 PM18:466:46 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:594:59 PM17:265:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:594:59 PM18:206:20 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2010:20 PM23:1411:14 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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