Friday 5 December 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:035:03 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:365:36+1 AM.
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
11:0511:05 AM
Harṣaṇa gives way to Vajra.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 44 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 29:525:52+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 | 29:36 05:365:36 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śatabhiṣā | 17:095:09 PM | Pūrva Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 11:0511:05 AM | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:265:26 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:52 05:525:52 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
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 | 04:384:38 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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:197:19 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:128:12 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:309:30 AM | 11:1211:12 AM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1510:15 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| 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 | 12:5412:54 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:411:41 PM | 14:282:28 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:402:40 PM | 16:084:08 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:153:15 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:147:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4511:45 PM | 25:241:24+1 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |