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Saturday 21 January 2040 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:524:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:026:02 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

18:026:02 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4511:45 AM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDoha11:4511:45 AM
At noon, 11:4511:45 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° 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
  • Abhijit11:2411:24 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla11:2611:26 AM–13:091:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:331:33 PM–14:162:16 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:095:09 PM–17:365:36 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:095:09 PM–18:296:29 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:216:21 AM–07:427:42 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:216:21 AM–07:047:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:047:04 AM–07:477:47 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:039:03 AM–10:2410:24 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:061:06 PM–14:272:27 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:522:52 PM–16:354:35 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Varjya29:425:42 AM+1–31:277:27 AM+1a 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

Kāla06:216:21 AM–07:427:42 AMavoid
Śubha07:427:42 AM–09:039:03 AMgood
Roga09:039:03 AM–10:2410:24 AMavoid
Udvega10:2410:24 AM–11:4511:45 AMavoid
Cara11:4511:45 AM–13:061:06 PMneutral
Lābha13:061:06 PM–14:272:27 PMgood
Amṛta14:272:27 PM–15:483:48 PMgood
Kāla15:483:48 PM–17:095:09 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:095:09 PM–18:486:48 PMgood
Udvega18:486:48 PM–20:278:27 PMavoid
Śubha20:278:27 PM–22:0610:06 PMgood
Amṛta22:0610:06 PM–23:4511:45 PMgood
Cara23:4511:45 PM–25:241:24 AM+1neutral
Roga25:241:24 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:033:03 AM+1–28:424:42 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:424:42 AM+1–30:216:21 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:216:21 AM sunrise17:095:09 PM sunsetsunrise 30:216:21 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:026:02 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 19:097:09 PM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 24:5512:55 AM+1
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:026:02 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:039:03 AM–10:2410:24 AM
Abhijit 11:2411:24 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 17:095:09 PM–18:556:55 PM
Niśītha 23:2111:21 PM–24:0912:09 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:2410:24 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 49 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:556:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0912:09 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  11. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:026:02 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī19:097:09 PMBharaṇī
YogaSādhya24:55 00:5512:55 AM SunŚubha
KaraṇaBava18:026:02 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra30:21 06:216:21 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2096
Śaka
1961
Kali
5140
Ahargaṇa
1 877 709
Day length
10 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:2611:26 AM
Moonset
24:2812:28 AM+1

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 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:216:21 AM07:427:42 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:216:21 AM07:047:04 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:047:04 AM07:477:47 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM10:4010:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:039:03 AM10:2410:24 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2111:21 AM12:0912:09 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:2611:26 AM13:091:09 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM15:003:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:061:06 PM14:272:27 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:331:33 PM14:162:16 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:522:52 PM16:354:35 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:003:00 PM17:095:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:095:09 PM18:556:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:095:09 PM17:365:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:095:09 PM18:296:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2111:21 PM24:0912:09 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:425:42 AM+131:277:27 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
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