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Wednesday 13 January 2038 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:192:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:464:46 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:216:21 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:5912:59 PM

Śiva gives way to Siddha.

Noon

11:4311:43 AM

The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 42 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4311:43 AM
At noon, 11:4311:43 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Revatī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:354:35 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–06:216:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:502:50 PM–16:374:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:045:04 PM–17:305:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:045:04 PM–18:236:23 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2210:22 AM–11:4311:43 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2111:21 AM–12:0412:04 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4311:43 AM–13:031:03 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha06:216:21 AM–07:427:42 AMgood
Amṛta07:427:42 AM–09:029:02 AMgood
Kāla09:029:02 AM–10:2210:22 AMavoid
Śubha10:2210:22 AM–11:4311:43 AMgood
Roga11:4311:43 AM–13:031:03 PMavoid
Udvega13:031:03 PM–14:232:23 PMavoid
Cara14:232:23 PM–15:433:43 PMneutral
Lābha15:433:43 PM–17:045:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:045:04 PM–18:436:43 PMavoid
Śubha18:436:43 PM–20:238:23 PMgood
Amṛta20:238:23 PM–22:0310:03 PMgood
Cara22:0310:03 PM–23:4311:43 PMneutral
Roga23:4311:43 PM–25:221:22 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:221:22 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:023:02 AM+1–28:424:42 AM+1good
Udvega28:424:42 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 sunrise17:045:04 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:464:46 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 17:315:31 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 12:5912:59 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 15:343:34 PM
Bavauntil 28:464:46 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4311:43 AM–13:031:03 PM
Pradoṣa 17:045:04 PM–18:506:50 PM
Niśītha 23:1911:19 PM–24:0712:07 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:031:03 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 42 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:506:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0712:07 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī28:46 04:464:46 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī17:315:31 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva12:5912:59 PMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi15:343:34 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:21 06:216:21 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2094
Śaka
1959
Kali
5138
Ahargaṇa
1 876 971
Day length
10 h 42 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:2411:24 AM
Moonset
23:5911:59 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:354:35 AM06:216:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:354:35 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:025:02 AM06:216:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:216:21 AM08:308:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:427:42 AM09:029:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:308:30 AM10:3810:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2210:22 AM11:4311:43 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2111:21 AM12:0412:04 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4311:43 AM13:031:03 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4712:47 PM14:552:55 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:502:50 PM16:374:37 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening14:552:55 PM17:045:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:045:04 PM18:506:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:045:04 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:045:04 PM18:236:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1911:19 PM24:0712:07 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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