Tuesday 28 January 2042 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:354:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:093:09 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 1 of 105 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:196:19 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:217:21 AM
Sādhya gives way to Śubha.
Noon
11:4711:47 AM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 56 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
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06:196:19 AM to 30:186:18 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 27:09 03:093:09 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 14:102:10 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 07:217:21 AM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:493:49 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:344:34 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:344:34 AM | 05:265:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:005:00 AM | 06:196:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:196:19 AM | 08:308:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:167:16 AM | 08:488:48 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:308:30 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:308:30 AM | 09:149:14 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:039:03 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:1112:11 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4711:47 AM | 13:091:09 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:202:20 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:312:31 PM | 15:533:53 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:155:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:155:15 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:155:15 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:155:15 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2810:28 PM | 23:2111:21 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3211:32 PM | 25:051:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |