Tuesday 17 December 1996 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:226:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:464:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:575:57 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:587:58 AM
Pūrva Bhādrapadā gives way to Uttara Bhādrapadā.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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
05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58+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 | 16:464:46 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 07:587:58 AM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 26:21 02:212:21 AM Wed | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:464:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:58 05:585:58 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:194:19 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:444:44 AM | 05:575:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:575:57 AM | 08:188:18 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:188:18 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:188:18 AM | 09:059:05 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:538:53 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 13:171:17 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5912:59 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:461:46 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:134:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:415:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:185:18 PM | 18:516:51 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:415:41 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:415:41 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:415:41 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3610:36 PM | 23:2511:25 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 26:382:38+1 AM | 28:114:11+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |