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Tuesday 20 November 2012 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Kārtika Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:5010:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:2310:23 PM.

Observed here on this day

Gopāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:455:45 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3110:31 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:3811:38 AM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:3811:38 AM
At noon, 11:3811:38 AM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 50% 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 muhūrta04:074:07 AM–04:564:56 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:324:32 AM–05:455:45 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1511:15 AM–12:0212:02 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:361:36 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:325:32 PM–17:565:56 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:325:32 PM–18:456:45 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:068:06 AM–08:538:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:428:42 AM–10:1010:10 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3811:38 AM–13:071:07 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:352:35 PM–16:044:04 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:369:36 PM–23:1411:14 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2510:25 PM–23:1411:14 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

Roga05:455:45 AM–07:137:13 AMavoid
Udvega07:137:13 AM–08:428:42 AMavoid
Cara08:428:42 AM–10:1010:10 AMneutral
Lābha10:1010:10 AM–11:3811:38 AMgood
Amṛta11:3811:38 AM–13:071:07 PMgood
Kāla13:071:07 PM–14:352:35 PMavoid
Śubha14:352:35 PM–16:044:04 PMgood
Roga16:044:04 PM–17:325:32 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:325:32 PM–19:047:04 PMavoid
Lābha19:047:04 PM–20:358:35 PMgood
Udvega20:358:35 PM–22:0710:07 PMavoid
Śubha22:0710:07 PM–23:3911:39 PMgood
Amṛta23:3911:39 PM–25:101:10 AM+1good
Cara25:101:10 AM+1–26:422:42 AM+1neutral
Roga26:422:42 AM+1–28:144:14 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:144:14 AM+1–29:455:45 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:455:45 AM to 29:455:45 AM+1

05:455:45 AM sunrise17:325:32 PM sunsetsunrise 29:455:45 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:2310:23 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 14:122:12 PM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhruvauntil 11:4411:44 AM
Vyāghātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:3110:31 AM
Bavauntil 22:2310:23 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1511:15 AM–12:0212:02 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:352:35 PM–16:044:04 PM
Pradoṣa 17:325:32 PM–19:107:10 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0212:02 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. VyāghātaYoga: Dhruva ends.
  5. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:044:04 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 47 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:107:10 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī22:2310:23 PMNavamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā14:122:12 PMŚatabhiṣā
YogaDhruva11:4411:44 AMVyāghāta
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:3110:31 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:45 05:455:45 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Kārtika
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2069
Śaka
1934
Kali
5113
Ahargaṇa
1 867 786
Day length
11 h 47 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:5611:56 AM
Moonset
24:1012:10 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:074:07 AM05:455:45 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:074:07 AM04:564:56 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:324:32 AM05:455:45 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:455:45 AM08:068:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:068:06 AM10:2810:28 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:068:06 AM08:538:53 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:428:42 AM10:1010:10 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1411:14 AM12:0212:02 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1511:15 AM12:0212:02 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3811:38 AM13:071:07 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4912:49 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:361:36 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:352:35 PM16:044:04 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:325:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:325:32 PM19:107:10 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:325:32 PM17:565:56 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:325:32 PM18:456:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:369:36 PM23:1411:14 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2510:25 PM23:1411:14 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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