Monday 12 October 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:357:35 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:586:58 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
07:117:11 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:3911:39 AM
The Sun 76° above S. Day length 11 h 59 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 29:395:39+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 | 18:586:58 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 22:1210:12 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Śiva | 18:106:10 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 07:117:11 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:405:40 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:524:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:405:40 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:405:40 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:097:09 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2710:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:0810:08 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:091:09 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:036:03 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:477:47 PM | 21:249:24 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1511:15 PM | 24:0312:03+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |