Monday 19 March 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:3210:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:2012:20+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:586:58 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:3011:30 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:001:00 PM
The Sun 83° above S. Day length 12 h 06 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
06:586:58 AM to 30:576:57+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:20 00:2012:20 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 27:51 03:513:51 AM Tue | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 23:3711:37 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:3011:30 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:57 06:576:57 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:586:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:225:22 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:465:46 AM | 06:586:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:586:58 AM | 09:239:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:239:23 AM | 11:4811:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2110:21 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:3011:30 AM | 13:001:00 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3612:36 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:251:25 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:132:13 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:312:31 PM | 16:024:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:013:01 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:503:50 PM | 16:384:38 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:384:38 PM | 19:037:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:037:03 PM | 20:388:38 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:037:03 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:037:03 PM | 20:158:15 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:518:51 PM | 22:3610:36 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 25:241:24+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:062:06+1 AM | 27:513:51+1 AM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |