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Friday 18 December 2015 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:1710:17 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:575:57 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:159:15 AM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 43 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:194:19 AM–05:085:08 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:444:44 AM–05:575:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:332:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:415:41 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:415:41 PM–18:556:55 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:188:18 AM–09:059:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:1312:13 PM–12:5912:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:452:45 PM–16:134:13 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:0610:06 PM–23:3711:37 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

Cara05:575:57 AM–07:257:25 AMneutral
Lābha07:257:25 AM–08:538:53 AMgood
Amṛta08:538:53 AM–10:2110:21 AMgood
Kāla10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Śubha11:4911:49 AM–13:171:17 PMgood
Roga13:171:17 PM–14:452:45 PMavoid
Udvega14:452:45 PM–16:134:13 PMavoid
Cara16:134:13 PM–17:415:41 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga17:415:41 PM–19:137:13 PMavoid
Kāla19:137:13 PM–20:458:45 PMavoid
Lābha20:458:45 PM–22:1710:17 PMgood
Udvega22:1710:17 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Śubha23:4911:49 PM–25:221:22 AM+1good
Amṛta25:221:22 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1good
Cara26:542:54 AM+1–28:264:26 AM+1neutral
Roga28:264:26 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:575:57 AM to 29:585:58 AM+1

05:575:57 AM sunrise17:415:41 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:1710:17 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 13:011:01 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 09:159:15 AM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:1411:14 AM
Bavauntil 22:1710:17 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:2110:21 AM–11:4911:49 AM
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:1312:13 PM
Pradoṣa 17:415:41 PM–19:197:19 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:4911:49 AM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:1312:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 43 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:197:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī22:1710:17 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā13:011:01 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi09:159:15 AMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:1411:14 AMBava
VāraŚukravāra29:58 05:585:58 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 909
Day length
11 h 43 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:5611:56 AM
Moonset
24:1712:17 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:194:19 AM05:575:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:194:19 AM05:085:08 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:444:44 AM05:575:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:575:57 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:257:25 AM08:538:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:188:18 AM09:059:05 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:2110:21 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2611:26 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:1312:13 PM12:5912:59 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM15:203:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:461:46 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:452:45 PM16:134:13 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:203:20 PM17:415:41 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:415:41 PM19:197:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:415:41 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:415:41 PM18:556:55 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:0610:06 PM23:3711:37 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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