Friday 13 April 2012 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:197:19 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:306:30 PM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:455:45 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:506:50 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 87° above N. Day length 12 h 15 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
05:455:45 AM to 29:455:45 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 18:306:30 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 25:08 01:081:08 AM Sat | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Siddha | 24:04 00:0412:04 AM Sat | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 06:506:50 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:114:11 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:114:11 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:455:45 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:455:45 AM | 08:128:12 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:177:17 AM | 08:498:49 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:128:12 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:128:12 AM | 09:019:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:069:06 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:343:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:452:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:294:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:343:34 PM | 18:016:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:016:01 PM | 19:357:35 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:016:01 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:016:01 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:436:43 PM | 20:198:19 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 29:145:14 AM+1 | 30:536:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |