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Thursday 17 March 2005 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:172:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:274:27 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:585:58 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:193:19 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 82° above S. Day length 12 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:234:23 AM–05:115:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:474:47 AM–05:585:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3711:37 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:1112:11 PM–13:571:57 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:585:58 AM–07:297:29 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:009:00 AM–10:3010:30 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:0010:00 AM–10:4810:48 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:321:32 PM–15:023:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:502:50 PM–15:383:38 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Śubha05:585:58 AM–07:297:29 AMgood
Roga07:297:29 AM–09:009:00 AMavoid
Udvega09:009:00 AM–10:3010:30 AMavoid
Cara10:3010:30 AM–12:0112:01 PMneutral
Lābha12:0112:01 PM–13:321:32 PMgood
Amṛta13:321:32 PM–15:023:02 PMgood
Kāla15:023:02 PM–16:334:33 PMavoid
Śubha16:334:33 PM–18:036:03 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:036:03 PM–19:337:33 PMgood
Cara19:337:33 PM–21:029:02 PMneutral
Roga21:029:02 PM–22:3110:31 PMavoid
Kāla22:3110:31 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0112:01 AM+1–25:301:30 AM+1good
Udvega25:301:30 AM+1–26:592:59 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:592:59 AM+1–28:294:29 AM+1good
Amṛta28:294:29 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:585:58 AM to 29:585:58 AM+1

05:585:58 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:274:27 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 21:559:55 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 21:219:21 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 15:193:19 PM
Bavauntil 28:274:27 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3711:37 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:321:32 PM–15:023:02 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:023:02 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 05 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  8. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī28:27 04:274:27 AM FriNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā21:559:55 PMĀrdrā
YogaĀyuṣmān21:219:21 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi15:193:19 PMBava
VāraGuruvāra29:58 05:585:58 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 981
Day length
12 h 05 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
11:3811:38 AM
Moonset
24:3112:31 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:234:23 AM05:585:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:234:23 AM05:115:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:474:47 AM05:585:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:585:58 AM08:238:23 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day05:585:58 AM07:297:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:238:23 AM10:4810:48 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:009:00 AM10:3010:30 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0010:00 AM10:4810:48 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:1112:11 PM13:571:57 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:023:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:502:50 PM15:383:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:383:38 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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