Friday 9 September 2016 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:496:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:418:41 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:497:49 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5011:50 AM
The Sun 88° above S. Day length 12 h 11 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:445:44 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 | 20:418:41 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 21:229:22 PM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Prīti | 26:47 02:472:47 AM Sat | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:497:49 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:44 05:445:44 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:334:33 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:108:10 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:167:16 AM | 08:478:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:108:10 AM | 10:3710:37 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:108:10 AM | 08:598:59 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:1810:18 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:261:26 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:293:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:402:40 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:244:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:293:29 PM | 17:555:55 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:555:55 PM | 19:307:30 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:555:55 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:555:55 PM | 19:067:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1412:14 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |