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Monday 13 December 2010 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:428:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1411:14 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:555:55 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:599:59 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:174:17 AM–05:065:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:555:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:5412:54 PM–14:422:42 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:441:44 PM–14:312:31 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:395:39 PM–18:036:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:395:39 PM–18:526:52 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1910:19 AM–11:4711:47 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1012:10 PM–12:5712:57 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:151:15 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:312:31 PM–15:183:18 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

Amṛta05:555:55 AM–07:237:23 AMgood
Kāla07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Śubha08:518:51 AM–10:1910:19 AMgood
Roga10:1910:19 AM–11:4711:47 AMavoid
Udvega11:4711:47 AM–13:151:15 PMavoid
Cara13:151:15 PM–14:432:43 PMneutral
Lābha14:432:43 PM–16:114:11 PMgood
Amṛta16:114:11 PM–17:395:39 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:395:39 PM–19:117:11 PMneutral
Roga19:117:11 PM–20:438:43 PMavoid
Kāla20:438:43 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Lābha22:1510:15 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Udvega23:4711:47 PM–25:191:19 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:191:19 AM+1–26:512:51 AM+1good
Amṛta26:512:51 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Cara28:234:23 AM+1–29:565:56 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:555:55 AM to 29:565:56 AM+1

05:555:55 AM sunrise17:395:39 PM sunsetsunrise 29:565:56 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1411:14 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 21:549:54 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 25:431:43 AM+1
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 09:599:59 AM
Bavauntil 23:1411:14 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:237:23 AM–08:518:51 AM
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–12:1012:10 PM
Pradoṣa 17:395:39 PM–19:177:17 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11 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 08:518:51 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:1012:10 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:177:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:1411:14 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā21:549:54 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi25:43 01:431:43 AM TueVyatīpāta
KaraṇaViṣṭi09:599:59 AMBava
VāraSomavāra29:56 05:565:56 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2067
Śaka
1932
Kali
5111
Ahargaṇa
1 867 078
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:4811:48 AM
Moonset
24:0812:08 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:174:17 AM05:555:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:174:17 AM05:065:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:555:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:555:55 AM08:168:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:237:23 AM08:518:51 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:168:16 AM10:3610:36 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1910:19 AM11:4711:47 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1012:10 PM12:5712:57 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:5412:54 PM14:422:42 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5712:57 PM15:183:18 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:151:15 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:441:44 PM14:312:31 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:312:31 PM15:183:18 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:183:18 PM17:395:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:395:39 PM19:177:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:395:39 PM18:036:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:395:39 PM18:526:52 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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