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Monday 21 April 2025 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:314:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:294:29 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:065:06 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0710:07 AM

Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.

Noon

11:3311:33 AM

The Sun 77° above S. Day length 12 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:3311:33 AM
At noon, 11:3311:33 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 274° ahead of it, in Śravaṇa, 47% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 274° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:373:37 AM–04:224:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:593:59 AM–05:065:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:0711:07 AM–11:5811:58 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:595:59 PM–18:216:21 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:595:59 PM–19:067:06 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:4711:47 PM–25:241:24 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla06:436:43 AM–08:198:19 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:569:56 AM–11:3311:33 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5811:58 AM–12:5012:50 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:091:09 PM–14:462:46 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:092:09 PM–15:453:45 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:253:25 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

Amṛta05:065:06 AM–06:436:43 AMgood
Kāla06:436:43 AM–08:198:19 AMavoid
Śubha08:198:19 AM–09:569:56 AMgood
Roga09:569:56 AM–11:3311:33 AMavoid
Udvega11:3311:33 AM–13:091:09 PMavoid
Cara13:091:09 PM–14:462:46 PMneutral
Lābha14:462:46 PM–16:234:23 PMgood
Amṛta16:234:23 PM–17:595:59 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:595:59 PM–19:237:23 PMneutral
Roga19:237:23 PM–20:468:46 PMavoid
Kāla20:468:46 PM–22:0910:09 PMavoid
Lābha22:0910:09 PM–23:3211:32 PMgood
Udvega23:3211:32 PM–24:5612:56 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:5612:56 AM+1–26:192:19 AM+1good
Amṛta26:192:19 AM+1–27:423:42 AM+1good
Cara27:423:42 AM+1–29:055:05 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:065:06 AM to 29:055:05 AM+1

05:065:06 AM sunrise17:595:59 PM sunsetsunrise 29:055:05 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:294:29 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 10:0710:07 AM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 20:308:30 PM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 16:294:29 PM
Taitilauntil 28:124:12 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 06:436:43 AM–08:198:19 AM
Abhijit 11:0711:07 AM–11:5811:58 AM
Pradoṣa 17:595:59 PM–19:287:28 PM
Niśītha 23:0811:08 PM–23:5611:56 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:198:19 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 11:5811:58 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 53 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:287:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 23:5611:56 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī16:294:29 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā10:0710:07 AMŚravaṇa
YogaSādhya20:308:30 PMŚubha
KaraṇaKaulava16:294:29 PMTaitila
VāraSomavāra29:05 05:055:05 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2082
Śaka
1947
Kali
5126
Ahargaṇa
1 872 321
Day length
12 h 53 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
25:201:20 AM+1
Moonset
11:2011:20 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:373:37 AM05:065:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:373:37 AM04:224:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:593:59 AM05:065:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:065:06 AM07:417:41 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day06:436:43 AM08:198:19 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:417:41 AM10:1510:15 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:569:56 AM11:3311:33 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:0711:07 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:0911:09 AM11:5711:57 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5811:58 AM12:5012:50 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:253:25 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:091:09 PM14:462:46 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:092:09 PM15:453:45 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:332:33 PM15:253:25 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:253:25 PM17:595:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:595:59 PM19:287:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:595:59 PM18:216:21 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:595:59 PM19:067:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:0811:08 PM23:5611:56 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:4711:47 PM25:241:24 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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