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Saturday 26 December 1998 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:327:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:535:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:016:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:466:46 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:234:23 AM–05:125:12 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:484:48 AM–06:016:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3011:30 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:3412:34 PM–14:062:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:501:50 PM–14:372:37 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:455:45 PM–18:106:10 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:455:45 PM–18:596:59 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:016:01 AM–07:297:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:016:01 AM–06:486:48 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta06:486:48 AM–07:357:35 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla08:578:57 AM–10:2510:25 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:211:21 PM–14:492:49 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya28:294:29+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla06:016:01 AM–07:297:29 AMavoid
Śubha07:297:29 AM–08:578:57 AMgood
Roga08:578:57 AM–10:2510:25 AMavoid
Udvega10:2510:25 AM–11:5311:53 AMavoid
Cara11:5311:53 AM–13:211:21 PMneutral
Lābha13:211:21 PM–14:492:49 PMgood
Amṛta14:492:49 PM–16:174:17 PMgood
Kāla16:174:17 PM–17:455:45 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:455:45 PM–19:177:17 PMgood
Udvega19:177:17 PM–20:498:49 PMavoid
Śubha20:498:49 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Amṛta22:2110:21 PM–23:5311:53 PMgood
Cara23:5311:53 PM–25:261:26+1 AMneutral
Roga25:261:26+1 AM–26:582:58+1 AMavoid
Kāla26:582:58+1 AM–28:304:30+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:304:30+1 AM–30:026:02+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:016:01 AM to 30:026:02+1 AM

06:016:01 AM sunrise17:455:45 PM sunsetsunrise 30:026:02+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 17:535:53 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 17:115:11 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:498:49 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 06:466:46 AM
Bavauntil 17:535:53 PM
Bālavauntil 28:544:54+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:578:57 AM–10:2510:25 AM
Abhijit 11:3011:30 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Pradoṣa 17:455:45 PM–19:237:23 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:2510:25 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:237:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī17:535:53 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā17:115:11 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān20:498:49 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi06:466:46 AMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:02 06:026:02 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2055
Śaka
1920
Kali
5099
Ahargaṇa
1 862 708
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:0812:08 PM
Moonset
24:3112:31+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:234:23 AM06:016:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:234:23 AM05:125:12 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:484:48 AM06:016:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:016:01 AM08:228:22 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:016:01 AM07:297:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:016:01 AM06:486:48 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:486:48 AM07:357:35 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:228:22 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:578:57 AM10:2510:25 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3011:30 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:3412:34 PM14:062:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:211:21 PM14:492:49 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:501:50 PM14:372:37 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:455:45 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:455:45 PM19:237:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:455:45 PM18:106:10 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:455:45 PM18:596:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:294:29+1 AM29:595:59+1 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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