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Wednesday 8 January 2014 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:4911:49 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:4111:41 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:076:07 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:1611:16 AM

Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:294:29 AM–05:185:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:534:53 AM–06:076:07 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:498:49 AM–10:2710:27 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:571:57 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:525:52 PM–18:166:16 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:525:52 PM–19:057:05 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:534:53 AM+1–30:336:33 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:357:35 AM–09:039:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3110:31 AM–11:5911:59 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3611:36 AM–12:2312:23 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5911:59 AM–13:271:27 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha06:076:07 AM–07:357:35 AMgood
Amṛta07:357:35 AM–09:039:03 AMgood
Kāla09:039:03 AM–10:3110:31 AMavoid
Śubha10:3110:31 AM–11:5911:59 AMgood
Roga11:5911:59 AM–13:271:27 PMavoid
Udvega13:271:27 PM–14:562:56 PMavoid
Cara14:562:56 PM–16:244:24 PMneutral
Lābha16:244:24 PM–17:525:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:525:52 PM–19:247:24 PMavoid
Śubha19:247:24 PM–20:568:56 PMgood
Amṛta20:568:56 PM–22:2810:28 PMgood
Cara22:2810:28 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0012:00 AM+1–25:321:32 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:321:32 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:033:03 AM+1–28:354:35 AM+1good
Udvega28:354:35 AM+1–30:076:07 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:076:07 AM to 30:076:07 AM+1

06:076:07 AM sunrise17:525:52 PM sunsetsunrise 30:076:07 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 11:4111:41 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 11:1611:16 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 15:313:31 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:4111:41 AM
Bālavauntil 23:5411:54 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5911:59 AM–13:271:27 PM
Pradoṣa 17:525:52 PM–19:307:30 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:271:27 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  6. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 45 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:307:30 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī11:4111:41 AMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī11:1611:16 AMAśvinī
YogaŚiva15:313:31 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava11:4111:41 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra30:07 06:076:07 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2070
Śaka
1935
Kali
5114
Ahargaṇa
1 868 200
Day length
11 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:0612:06 PM
Moonset
24:3812:38 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:294:29 AM06:076:07 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:294:29 AM05:185:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:534:53 AM06:076:07 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:076:07 AM08:288:28 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:357:35 AM09:039:03 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:288:28 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:498:49 AM10:2710:27 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3110:31 AM11:5911:59 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3511:35 AM12:2312:23 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3611:36 AM12:2312:23 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5911:59 AM13:271:27 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:101:10 PM15:313:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:571:57 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:313:31 PM17:525:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:525:52 PM19:307:30 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:525:52 PM18:166:16 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:525:52 PM19:057:05 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:534:53 AM+130:336:33 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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