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Wednesday 6 October 2004 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:584:58 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:247:24 PM.

Observed here on this day

Jitāṣṭamī · Jitiya

Aṣṭamī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:405:40 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:126:12 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 78° above S. Day length 12 h 01 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Hasta and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:044:04 AM–04:524:52 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:284:28 AM–05:405:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:411:41 PM–14:292:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:415:41 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:415:41 PM–18:536:53 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:107:10 AM–08:408:40 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1010:10 AM–11:4111:41 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:1711:17 AM–12:0512:05 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4111:41 AM–13:111:11 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:298:29 PM–22:1610:16 PMa 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

Lābha05:405:40 AM–07:107:10 AMgood
Amṛta07:107:10 AM–08:408:40 AMgood
Kāla08:408:40 AM–10:1010:10 AMavoid
Śubha10:1010:10 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Roga11:4111:41 AM–13:111:11 PMavoid
Udvega13:111:11 PM–14:412:41 PMavoid
Cara14:412:41 PM–16:114:11 PMneutral
Lābha16:114:11 PM–17:415:41 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:415:41 PM–19:117:11 PMavoid
Śubha19:117:11 PM–20:418:41 PMgood
Amṛta20:418:41 PM–22:1110:11 PMgood
Cara22:1110:11 PM–23:4011:40 PMneutral
Roga23:4011:40 PM–25:101:10+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:101:10+1 AM–26:402:40+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:402:40+1 AM–28:104:10+1 AMgood
Udvega28:104:10+1 AM–29:405:40+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:405:40 AM to 29:405:40+1 AM

05:405:40 AM sunrise17:415:41 PM sunsetsunrise 29:405:40+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:247:24 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 07:047:04 AM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 14:002:00 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 06:126:12 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:247:24 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4111:41 AM–13:111:11 PM
Pradoṣa 17:415:41 PM–19:177:17 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:111:11 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 01 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:247:24 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā07:047:04 AMPunarvasu
YogaParigha14:002:00 PMŚiva
KaraṇaBālava06:126:12 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:40 05:405:40 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 819
Day length
12 h 01 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
24:1712:17+1 AM
Moonset
12:1712:17 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:044:04 AM05:405:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:044:04 AM04:524:52 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:284:28 AM05:405:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:405:40 AM08:048:04 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:107:10 AM08:408:40 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:048:04 AM10:2810:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1010:10 AM11:4111:41 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM13:111:11 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM15:173:17 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:411:41 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:173:17 PM17:415:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:415:41 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:415:41 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:415:41 PM18:536:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:298:29 PM22:1610:16 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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