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Monday 5 December 1966 · Erbil, Iraq

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:2210:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:208:20 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:007:00 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:229:22 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonErbil11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 271° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:065:06 AM–06:036:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:355:35 AM–07:007:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:321:32 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:523:52 PM–17:235:23 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:175:17 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:146:14 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:138:13 AM–09:279:27 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4110:41 AM–11:5411:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1412:14 PM–12:5312:53 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:122:12 PM–14:512:51 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya28:404:40 AM+1–30:106:10 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

Amṛta07:007:00 AM–08:138:13 AMgood
Kāla08:138:13 AM–09:279:27 AMavoid
Śubha09:279:27 AM–10:4110:41 AMgood
Roga10:4110:41 AM–11:5411:54 AMavoid
Udvega11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMavoid
Cara13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMneutral
Lābha14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PMgood
Amṛta15:353:35 PM–16:494:49 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:494:49 PM–18:356:35 PMneutral
Roga18:356:35 PM–20:228:22 PMavoid
Kāla20:228:22 PM–22:0810:08 PMavoid
Lābha22:0810:08 PM–23:5511:55 PMgood
Udvega23:5511:55 PM–25:411:41 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:411:41 AM+1–27:283:28 AM+1good
Amṛta27:283:28 AM+1–29:145:14 AM+1good
Cara29:145:14 AM+1–31:017:01 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:007:00 AM to 31:017:01 AM+1

07:007:00 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 31:017:01 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 21:559:55 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 16:574:57 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 09:229:22 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:208:20 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:138:13 AM–09:279:27 AM
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:426:42 PM
Niśītha 23:3111:31 PM–24:1912:19 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:279:27 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 49 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:426:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1912:19 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī20:208:20 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī21:559:55 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha16:574:57 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava09:229:22 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra31:01 07:017:01 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2023
Śaka
1888
Kali
5067
Ahargaṇa
1 850 999
Day length
9 h 49 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:2412:24 AM+1
Moonset
12:4812:48 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:065:06 AM07:007:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:065:06 AM06:036:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:355:35 AM07:007:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:007:00 AM08:588:58 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:138:13 AM09:279:27 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:588:58 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4110:41 AM11:5411:54 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5312:53 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM14:512:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:081:08 PM14:222:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:321:32 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:122:12 PM14:512:51 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:512:51 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:523:52 PM17:235:23 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:426:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:175:17 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:146:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3111:31 PM24:1912:19 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:404:40 AM+130:106:10 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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