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Thursday 21 January 2021 · Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:453:45 AM yesterday, and holds until 06:216:21 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:106:10 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:216:21 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonGeorgetown12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 99° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 99° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:334:33 AM–05:225:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:574:57 AM–06:106:10 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4011:40 AM–12:2812:28 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:022:02 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:585:58 PM–18:226:22 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:585:58 PM–19:117:11 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:453:45+1 AM–29:345:34+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:106:10 AM–07:397:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:079:07 AM–10:3610:36 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:0610:06 AM–10:5310:53 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla13:321:32 PM–15:013:01 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:492:49 PM–15:363:36 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya16:564:56 PM–18:446:44 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

Śubha06:106:10 AM–07:397:39 AMgood
Roga07:397:39 AM–09:079:07 AMavoid
Udvega09:079:07 AM–10:3610:36 AMavoid
Cara10:3610:36 AM–12:0412:04 PMneutral
Lābha12:0412:04 PM–13:321:32 PMgood
Amṛta13:321:32 PM–15:013:01 PMgood
Kāla15:013:01 PM–16:294:29 PMavoid
Śubha16:294:29 PM–17:585:58 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:585:58 PM–19:297:29 PMgood
Cara19:297:29 PM–21:019:01 PMneutral
Roga21:019:01 PM–22:3310:33 PMavoid
Kāla22:3310:33 PM–24:0412:04+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:0412:04+1 AM–25:361:36+1 AMgood
Udvega25:361:36+1 AM–27:073:07+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:073:07+1 AM–28:394:39+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:394:39+1 AM–30:116:11+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:106:10 AM to 30:116:11+1 AM

06:106:10 AM sunrise17:585:58 PM sunsetsunrise 30:116:11+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 06:216:21 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 10:5310:53 AM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 06:216:21 AM
Bālavauntil 19:417:41 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4011:40 AM–12:2812:28 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:321:32 PM–15:013:01 PM
Pradoṣa 17:585:58 PM–19:357:35 PM
Niśītha 23:4011:40 PM–24:2812:28+1 AM

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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:2812:28 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:013:01 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 47 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:357:35 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2812:28+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī06:216:21 AMNavamī
NakṣatraBharaṇīpast sunriseKṛttikā
YogaSādhya10:5310:53 AMŚubha
KaraṇaBava06:216:21 AMBālava
VāraGuruvāra30:11 06:116:11 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2077
Śaka
1942
Kali
5121
Ahargaṇa
1 870 770
Day length
11 h 47 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
12:2012:20 PM
Moonset
24:5112:51+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:334:33 AM06:106:10 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:334:33 AM05:225:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:574:57 AM06:106:10 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:106:10 AM08:328:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:106:10 AM07:397:39 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:328:32 AM10:5310:53 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:079:07 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:0610:06 AM10:5310:53 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:151:15 PM15:363:36 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:321:32 PM15:013:01 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:022:02 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:492:49 PM15:363:36 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:363:36 PM17:585:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra16:564:56 PM18:446:44 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:585:58 PM19:357:35 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:585:58 PM18:226:22 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:585:58 PM19:117:11 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4011:40 PM24:2812:28+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:453:45+1 AM29:345:34+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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