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Tuesday 15 March 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:421:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3312:33 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:031:03 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:0112:01 PM

The Sun 81° above S. Day length 12 h 04 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0112:01 PM
At noon, 12:0112:01 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:244:24 AM–05:115:11 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:484:48 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:401:40 PM–15:143:14 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:502:50 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:157:15 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:248:24 AM–09:129:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:009:00 AM–10:3110:31 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0112:01 PM–13:321:32 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:033:03 PM–16:334:33 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:5010:50 PM–23:3711:37 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

Roga05:595:59 AM–07:307:30 AMavoid
Udvega07:307:30 AM–09:009:00 AMavoid
Cara09:009:00 AM–10:3110:31 AMneutral
Lābha10:3110:31 AM–12:0112:01 PMgood
Amṛta12:0112:01 PM–13:321:32 PMgood
Kāla13:321:32 PM–15:033:03 PMavoid
Śubha15:033:03 PM–16:334:33 PMgood
Roga16:334:33 PM–18:046:04 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:046:04 PM–19:337:33 PMavoid
Lābha19:337:33 PM–21:029:02 PMgood
Udvega21:029:02 PM–22:3210:32 PMavoid
Śubha22:3210:32 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0112:01 AM+1–25:311:31 AM+1good
Cara25:311:31 AM+1–27:003:00 AM+1neutral
Roga27:003:00 AM+1–28:294:29 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:294:29 AM+1–29:595:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:595:59 AM to 29:595:59 AM+1

05:595:59 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:3312:33 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 22:1710:17 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 24:4512:45 AM+1
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:031:03 PM
Bavauntil 24:3312:33 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3711:37 AM–12:2612:26 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:033:03 PM–16:334:33 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:397:39 PM
Niśītha 23:3711:37 PM–24:2512:25 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. AbhijitUntil 12:2612:26 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:334:33 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 04 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:397:39 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2512:25 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī24:33 00:3312:33 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā22:1710:17 PMĀrdrā
YogaĀyuṣmān24:45 00:4512:45 AM WedSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:031:03 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:59 05:595:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 997
Day length
12 h 04 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
11:4911:49 AM
Moonset
24:3112:31 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:244:24 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:244:24 AM05:115:11 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:484:48 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:248:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:248:24 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:248:24 AM09:129:12 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:009:00 AM10:3110:31 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3711:37 AM12:2612:26 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3711:37 AM12:2512:25 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0112:01 PM13:321:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:141:14 PM15:393:39 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:401:40 PM15:143:14 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:502:50 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:033:03 PM16:334:33 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:393:39 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:397:39 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:157:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:5010:50 PM23:3711:37 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3711:37 PM24:2512:25 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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