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Tuesday 13 January 2015 · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:172:17 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:064:06 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:163:16 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonJaipur12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Citrā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:305:30 AM–06:246:24 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:575:57 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1412:14 PM–12:5712:57 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:212:21 PM–15:043:04 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:535:53 PM–18:206:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:535:53 PM–19:147:14 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:4011:40 PM–25:251:25 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:259:25 AM–10:0710:07 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM–11:1611:16 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3512:35 PM–13:551:55 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:111:11 PM–14:562:56 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla15:143:14 PM–16:344:34 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1511:15 PM–24:0912:09 AM+1an 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

Roga07:187:18 AM–08:378:37 AMavoid
Udvega08:378:37 AM–09:579:57 AMavoid
Cara09:579:57 AM–11:1611:16 AMneutral
Lābha11:1611:16 AM–12:3512:35 PMgood
Amṛta12:3512:35 PM–13:551:55 PMgood
Kāla13:551:55 PM–15:143:14 PMavoid
Śubha15:143:14 PM–16:344:34 PMgood
Roga16:344:34 PM–17:535:53 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:535:53 PM–19:347:34 PMavoid
Lābha19:347:34 PM–21:149:14 PMgood
Udvega21:149:14 PM–22:5510:55 PMavoid
Śubha22:5510:55 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1good
Amṛta24:3512:35 AM+1–26:162:16 AM+1good
Cara26:162:16 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1neutral
Roga27:573:57 AM+1–29:375:37 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:375:37 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise17:535:53 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:064:06 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 30:406:40 AM+1
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 25:391:39 AM+1
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:163:16 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:064:06 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1412:14 PM–12:5712:57 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:143:14 PM–16:344:34 PM
Pradoṣa 17:535:53 PM–19:407:40 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11 AM+1–24:5912:59 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 12:5712:57 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:344:34 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 35 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:407:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī28:06 04:064:06 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā30:40 06:406:40 AM WedSvātī
YogaSukarmā25:39 01:391:39 AM WedDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava15:163:16 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:18 07:187:18 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 570
Day length
10 h 35 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:021:02 AM+1
Moonset
11:5911:59 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:305:30 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:305:30 AM06:246:24 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:575:57 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:259:25 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:259:25 AM11:3211:32 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:259:25 AM10:0710:07 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:579:57 AM11:1611:16 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1412:14 PM12:5712:57 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3512:35 PM13:551:55 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:111:11 PM14:562:56 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:391:39 PM15:463:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:212:21 PM15:043:04 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:143:14 PM16:344:34 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:463:46 PM17:535:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:535:53 PM19:407:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:535:53 PM18:206:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:535:53 PM19:147:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1511:15 PM24:0912:09 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:4011:40 PM25:251:25 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11 AM+124:5912:59 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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