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Wednesday 21 May 2014 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:0510:05 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:587:58 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:365:36 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:598:59 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 77° above N. Day length 12 h 27 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Śatabhiṣā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:034:03 AM–04:504:50 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:264:26 AM–05:365:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:036:03 PM–18:266:26 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:036:03 PM–19:127:12 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:301:30 AM+1–27:013:01 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:097:09 AM–08:438:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1610:16 AM–11:4911:49 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2411:24 AM–12:1412:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya16:234:23 PM–17:545:54 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha05:365:36 AM–07:097:09 AMgood
Amṛta07:097:09 AM–08:438:43 AMgood
Kāla08:438:43 AM–10:1610:16 AMavoid
Śubha10:1610:16 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Roga11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Udvega13:231:23 PM–14:562:56 PMavoid
Cara14:562:56 PM–16:294:29 PMneutral
Lābha16:294:29 PM–18:036:03 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:036:03 PM–19:297:29 PMavoid
Śubha19:297:29 PM–20:568:56 PMgood
Amṛta20:568:56 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Cara22:2310:23 PM–23:4911:49 PMneutral
Roga23:4911:49 PM–25:161:16 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:161:16 AM+1–26:422:42 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:422:42 AM+1–28:094:09 AM+1good
Udvega28:094:09 AM+1–29:365:36 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:365:36 AM to 29:365:36 AM+1

05:365:36 AM sunrise18:036:03 PM sunsetsunrise 29:365:36 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:587:58 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 09:329:32 AM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Indrauntil 15:203:20 PM
Vaidhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:598:59 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:587:58 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PM
Pradoṣa 18:036:03 PM–19:357:35 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:231:23 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. VaidhṛtiYoga: Indra ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 27 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:357:35 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:587:58 PMNavamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā09:329:32 AMŚatabhiṣā
YogaIndra15:203:20 PMVaidhṛti
KaraṇaBālava08:598:59 AMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra29:36 05:365:36 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Jyeṣṭha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 333
Day length
12 h 27 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
24:3612:36 AM+1
Moonset
12:0112:01 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:034:03 AM05:365:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:034:03 AM04:504:50 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:264:26 AM05:365:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:365:36 AM08:058:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:097:09 AM08:438:43 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:058:05 AM10:3510:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1610:16 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:231:23 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:333:33 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:333:33 PM18:036:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:234:23 PM17:545:54 PMsixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:036:03 PM19:357:35 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:036:03 PM18:266:26 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:036:03 PM19:127:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:301:30 AM+127:013:01 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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