Friday 26 October 1990 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:354:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:076:07+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:396:39 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:271:27 PM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
12:3712:37 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
06:396:39 AM to 30:406:40+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 | 30:07 06:076:07 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 18:336:33 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 13:271:27 PM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:265:26 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:40 06:406:40 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:275:27 AM | 06:396:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:396:39 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:389:38 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:029:02 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:029:02 AM | 09:509:50 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:3111:31 AM | 13:171:17 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:011:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:362:36 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:353:35 PM | 17:045:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:114:11 PM | 18:346:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:346:34 PM | 20:108:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:346:34 PM | 18:586:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:346:34 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5010:50 PM | 24:3212:32+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 25:011:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |