Friday 19 December 2008 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:346:34 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:366:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:585:58 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:296:29 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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
05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 18:366:36 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 17:485:48 PM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 10:1310:13 AM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 06:296:29 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:59 05:595:59 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:204:20 AM | 05:095:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:454:45 AM | 05:585:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:585:58 AM | 08:198:19 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:267:26 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:198:19 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:198:19 AM | 09:069:06 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2210:22 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 10:2610:26 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:471:47 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:462:46 PM | 16:144:14 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:213:21 PM | 17:425:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:425:42 PM | 19:207:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:425:42 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:425:42 PM | 18:556:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:382:38+1 AM | 28:194:19+1 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |