Tuesday 26 October 2066 · Doha, Baladiyat ad Dawhah, Qatar
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:5312:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 10:5710:57 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 3 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
AlsoDurgā Navamī boundary
At sunrise
05:385:38 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:5710:57 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
11:1811:18 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 19 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
05:385:38 AM to 29:395:39+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 | 10:5710:57 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 26:17 02:172:17 AM Wed | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 22:2510:25 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:5710:57 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:573:57 AM | 05:385:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:573:57 AM | 04:484:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:224:22 AM | 05:385:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:385:38 AM | 07:547:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:117:11 AM | 08:438:43 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:547:54 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:547:54 AM | 08:398:39 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:539:53 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5410:54 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 10:5510:55 AM | 11:4011:40 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:111:11 PM | 13:561:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:072:07 PM | 15:323:32 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:412:41 PM | 16:574:57 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:214:21 PM | 17:535:53 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:574:57 PM | 18:396:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:574:57 PM | 17:225:22 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:574:57 PM | 18:136:13 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0210:02 PM | 22:5310:53 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5410:54 PM | 23:4211:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |