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Thursday 4 January 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:368:36 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:406:40 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:067:06 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:407:40 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5812:58 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:5812:58 PM
At noon, 12:5812:58 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Revatī, 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 muhūrta05:275:27 AM–06:166:16 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:067:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:3412:34 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:552:55 PM–15:423:42 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:506:50 PM–19:147:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:506:50 PM–20:038:03 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:1310:13 PM–23:4411:44 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:067:06 AM–08:348:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:0210:02 AM–11:3011:30 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:0011:00 AM–11:4711:47 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya13:091:09 PM–14:402:40 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:262:26 PM–15:543:54 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:423:42 PM–16:294:29 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Śubha07:067:06 AM–08:348:34 AMgood
Roga08:348:34 AM–10:0210:02 AMavoid
Udvega10:0210:02 AM–11:3011:30 AMavoid
Cara11:3011:30 AM–12:5812:58 PMneutral
Lābha12:5812:58 PM–14:262:26 PMgood
Amṛta14:262:26 PM–15:543:54 PMgood
Kāla15:543:54 PM–17:225:22 PMavoid
Śubha17:225:22 PM–18:506:50 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:506:50 PM–20:228:22 PMgood
Cara20:228:22 PM–21:549:54 PMneutral
Roga21:549:54 PM–23:2611:26 PMavoid
Kāla23:2611:26 PM–24:5812:58+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:5812:58+1 AM–26:302:30+1 AMgood
Udvega26:302:30+1 AM–28:024:02+1 AMavoid
Śubha28:024:02+1 AM–29:345:34+1 AMgood
Amṛta29:345:34+1 AM–31:067:06+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:067:06 AM to 31:067:06+1 AM

07:067:06 AM sunrise18:506:50 PM sunsetsunrise 31:067:06+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:406:40 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 24:2912:29+1 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 12:4012:40 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:407:40 AM
Bavauntil 18:406:40 PM
Bālavauntil 29:355:35+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:3412:34 PM–13:211:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:262:26 PM–15:543:54 PM
Pradoṣa 18:506:50 PM–20:288:28 PM
Niśītha 24:3412:34+1 AM–25:221:22+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:543:54 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:288:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:221:22+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:406:40 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī24:29 00:2912:29 AM FriAśvinī
YogaParigha12:4012:40 PMŚiva
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:407:40 AMBava
VāraGuruvāra31:06 07:067:06 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2046
Śaka
1911
Kali
5090
Ahargaṇa
1 859 430
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:4812:48 PM
Moonset
25:221:22+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:275:27 AM07:067:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:275:27 AM06:166:16 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:067:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:067:06 AM09:269:26 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:067:06 AM08:348:34 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:269:26 AM11:4711:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:0210:02 AM11:3011:30 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:0011:00 AM11:4711:47 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3412:34 PM13:221:22 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3412:34 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:091:09 PM14:402:40 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:082:08 PM16:294:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:262:26 PM15:543:54 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:552:55 PM15:423:42 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:423:42 PM16:294:29 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:294:29 PM18:506:50 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:506:50 PM20:288:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:506:50 PM19:147:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:506:50 PM20:038:03 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:1310:13 PM23:4411:44 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:3412:34+1 AM25:221:22+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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