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Tuesday 27 January 2015 · Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:5210:52 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:539:53 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:157:15 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1810:18 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:3912:39 PM

The Sun 45° above S. Day length 10 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonJaipur12:3912:39 PM
At noon, 12:3912:39 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:295:29 AM–06:226:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:565:56 AM–07:157:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1812:18 PM–13:011:01 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:282:28 PM–15:113:11 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:316:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:237:23 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:206:20 AM+1–31:567:56 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:177:17 AM–08:508:50 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:259:25 AM–10:0810:08 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:579:57 AM–11:1811:18 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4012:40 PM–14:012:01 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:458:45 PM–22:2110:21 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:2011:20 PM–24:1312:13 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

Roga07:157:15 AM–08:368:36 AMavoid
Udvega08:368:36 AM–09:579:57 AMavoid
Cara09:579:57 AM–11:1811:18 AMneutral
Lābha11:1811:18 AM–12:4012:40 PMgood
Amṛta12:4012:40 PM–14:012:01 PMgood
Kāla14:012:01 PM–15:223:22 PMavoid
Śubha15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PMgood
Roga16:434:43 PM–18:046:04 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:046:04 PM–19:437:43 PMavoid
Lābha19:437:43 PM–21:229:22 PMgood
Udvega21:229:22 PM–23:0111:01 PMavoid
Śubha23:0111:01 PM–24:3912:39 AM+1good
Amṛta24:3912:39 AM+1–26:182:18 AM+1good
Cara26:182:18 AM+1–27:573:57 AM+1neutral
Roga27:573:57 AM+1–29:365:36 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:365:36 AM+1–31:157:15 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:157:15 AM to 31:157:15 AM+1

07:157:15 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 31:157:15 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 21:539:53 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 11:1011:10 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 28:344:34 AM+1
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:1810:18 AM
Bavauntil 21:539:53 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1812:18 PM–13:011:01 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:223:22 PM–16:434:43 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:507:50 PM
Niśītha 24:1512:15 AM+1–25:031:03 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. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:011:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:434:43 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:507:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:031:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī21:539:53 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī11:1011:10 AMBharaṇī
YogaŚubha28:34 04:344:34 AM WedŚukla
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:1810:18 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:15 07:157:15 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 584
Day length
10 h 49 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
12:0412:04 PM
Moonset
25:211:21 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:295:29 AM07:157:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:295:29 AM06:226:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:565:56 AM07:157:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:157:15 AM09:259:25 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:177:17 AM08:508:50 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:259:25 AM11:3511:35 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:259:25 AM10:0810:08 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:579:57 AM11:1811:18 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1612:16 PM13:041:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1812:18 PM13:011:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4012:40 PM14:012:01 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:451:45 PM15:543:54 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:282:28 PM15:113:11 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:223:22 PM16:434:43 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:543:54 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:507:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:316:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:237:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:458:45 PM22:2110:21 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2011:20 PM24:1312:13 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1512:15 AM+125:031:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:206:20 AM+131:567:56 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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