Tuesday 18 November 2053 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:153:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:325:32+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:535:53 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:274:27 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:1911:19 AM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 51 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
good to begin inavoidedneutral
05:535:53 AM to 29:545:54+1 AM
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 | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 25:39 01:391:39 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Dhruva | 27:17 03:173:17 AM Wed | Vyāghāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:274:27 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:54 05:545:54 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:535:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:535:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:535:53 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:478:47 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:368:36 AM | 09:589:58 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5710:57 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:081:08 PM | 13:511:51 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:022:02 PM | 15:503:50 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:342:34 PM | 16:454:45 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:454:45 PM | 18:306:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:454:45 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:454:45 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0010:00 PM | 22:5310:53 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:4311:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |