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Wednesday 25 October 2028 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Kārtika Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:127:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:448:44 PM.

Observed here on this day

Gopāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:385:38 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:537:53 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:1811:18 AM

The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 20 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:1811:18 AM
At noon, 11:1811:18 AM, the Sun is in Svātī and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:573:57 AM–04:474:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:224:22 AM–05:385:38 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:111:11 PM–13:561:56 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:584:58 PM–17:235:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:584:58 PM–18:146:14 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:422:42 AM+1–28:284:28 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:037:03 AM–08:288:28 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:539:53 AM–11:1811:18 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:5510:55 AM–11:4011:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:1811:18 AM–12:4312:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:074:07 PM–17:535:53 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha05:385:38 AM–07:037:03 AMgood
Amṛta07:037:03 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Kāla08:288:28 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Śubha09:539:53 AM–11:1811:18 AMgood
Roga11:1811:18 AM–12:4312:43 PMavoid
Udvega12:4312:43 PM–14:082:08 PMavoid
Cara14:082:08 PM–15:333:33 PMneutral
Lābha15:333:33 PM–16:584:58 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:584:58 PM–18:336:33 PMavoid
Śubha18:336:33 PM–20:088:08 PMgood
Amṛta20:088:08 PM–21:439:43 PMgood
Cara21:439:43 PM–23:1811:18 PMneutral
Roga23:1811:18 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:5312:53 AM+1–26:282:28 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:282:28 AM+1–28:034:03 AM+1good
Udvega28:034:03 AM+1–29:385:38 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:385:38 AM to 29:385:38 AM+1

05:385:38 AM sunrise16:584:58 PM sunsetsunrise 29:385:38 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 20:448:44 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 11:4311:43 AM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 08:558:55 AM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:537:53 AM
Bavauntil 20:448:44 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:1811:18 AM–12:4312:43 PM
Pradoṣa 16:584:58 PM–18:396:39 PM
Niśītha 22:5410:54 PM–23:4211:42 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4312:43 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 20 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:396:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 23:4211:42 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī20:448:44 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā11:4311:43 AMŚravaṇa
YogaDhṛti08:558:55 AMŚūla
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:537:53 AMBava
VāraBudhavāra29:38 05:385:38 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Kārtika
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2085
Śaka
1950
Kali
5129
Ahargaṇa
1 873 604
Day length
11 h 20 m
Sun in
Tulā
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
12:1912:19 PM
Moonset
23:3111:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:573:57 AM05:385:38 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:573:57 AM04:474:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:224:22 AM05:385:38 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:385:38 AM07:547:54 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:037:03 AM08:288:28 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:547:54 AM10:1010:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:539:53 AM11:1811:18 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday10:5410:54 AM11:4211:42 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:5510:55 AM11:4011:40 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:1811:18 AM12:4312:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:2612:26 PM14:422:42 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:111:11 PM13:561:56 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:422:42 PM16:584:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:074:07 PM17:535:53 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:584:58 PM18:396:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:584:58 PM17:235:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:584:58 PM18:146:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight22:5410:54 PM23:4211:42 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:422:42 AM+128:284:28 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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