Monday 24 June 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:4612:46 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:491:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:405:40 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:491:49 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 73° above N. Day length 12 h 31 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
05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+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 | 13:491:49 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 28:16 04:164:16 AM Tue | Citrā |
| Yoga | Varīyān | 22:0210:02 PM | Parigha |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 13:491:49 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:084:08 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:084:08 AM | 04:544:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:147:14 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5011:50 AM | 13:311:31 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:291:29 PM | 15:033:03 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:002:00 PM | 14:502:50 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:502:50 PM | 15:403:40 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:403:40 PM | 18:106:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:106:10 PM | 19:427:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:106:10 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:106:10 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:579:57 PM | 23:3811:38 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |