Monday 4 December 2000 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:5510:55 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:4612:46 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:515:51 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4612:46 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 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
05:515:51 AM to 29:515:51+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 | 12:4612:46 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Tue | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 23:3611:36 PM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:4612:46 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:51 05:515:51 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:515:51 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:134:13 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:374:37 AM | 05:515:51 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:515:51 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:559:55 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5312:53 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:111:11 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:401:40 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:178:17 PM | 22:0110:01 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |