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Monday 17 January 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:492:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:183:18 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:106:10 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:448:44 AM

Siddha gives way to Sādhya.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 94° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:324:32 AM–05:215:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:564:56 AM–06:106:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3911:39 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:012:01 PM–14:482:48 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla14:222:22 PM–16:024:02 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:565:56 PM–18:206:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:565:56 PM–19:097:09 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:387:38 AM–09:069:06 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:3510:35 AM–12:0312:03 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:2612:26 PM–13:141:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:311:31 PM–14:592:59 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:482:48 PM–15:353:35 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:435:43 PM–19:247:24 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

Amṛta06:106:10 AM–07:387:38 AMgood
Kāla07:387:38 AM–09:069:06 AMavoid
Śubha09:069:06 AM–10:3510:35 AMgood
Roga10:3510:35 AM–12:0312:03 PMavoid
Udvega12:0312:03 PM–13:311:31 PMavoid
Cara13:311:31 PM–14:592:59 PMneutral
Lābha14:592:59 PM–16:284:28 PMgood
Amṛta16:284:28 PM–17:565:56 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:565:56 PM–19:287:28 PMneutral
Roga19:287:28 PM–21:009:00 PMavoid
Kāla21:009:00 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Lābha22:3110:31 PM–24:0312:03 AM+1good
Udvega24:0312:03 AM+1–25:351:35 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:351:35 AM+1–27:063:06 AM+1good
Amṛta27:063:06 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1good
Cara28:384:38 AM+1–30:106:10 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:106:10 AM to 30:106:10 AM+1

06:106:10 AM sunrise17:565:56 PM sunsetsunrise 30:106:10 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 15:183:18 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 21:569:56 PM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 08:448:44 AM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 15:183:18 PM
Bālavauntil 27:493:49 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:387:38 AM–09:069:06 AM
Abhijit 11:3911:39 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Pradoṣa 17:565:56 PM–19:347:34 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1

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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:069:06 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:347:34 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī15:183:18 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī21:569:56 PMBharaṇī
YogaSiddha08:448:44 AMSādhya
KaraṇaBava15:183:18 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:10 06:106:10 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 922
Day length
11 h 46 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:5911:59 AM
Moonset
24:3112:31 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:324:32 AM06:106:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:324:32 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:564:56 AM06:106:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:106:10 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:387:38 AM09:069:06 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:3510:35 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3911:39 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:353:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:311:31 PM14:592:59 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:012:01 PM14:482:48 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra14:222:22 PM16:024:02 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:482:48 PM15:353:35 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:353:35 PM17:565:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:435:43 PM19:247:24 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:565:56 PM19:347:34 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:565:56 PM18:206:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:565:56 PM19:097:09 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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