Tuesday 20 October 2015 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:534:53 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:004:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:395:39 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5511:55 AM
Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.
Noon
11:3711:37 AM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 11 h 56 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
05:395:39 AM to 29:395:39 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 28:50 04:504:50 AM Wed | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 11:5511:55 AM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:314:31 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:39 05:395:39 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:034:03 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:034:03 AM | 04:514:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:274:27 AM | 05:395:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:395:39 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:2610:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:038:03 AM | 08:508:50 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:388:38 AM | 10:0810:08 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1311:13 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3711:37 AM | 13:071:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 15:123:12 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5912:59 PM | 14:342:34 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:064:06 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:123:12 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2510:25 PM | 23:1311:13 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2910:29 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |