Sunday 9 October 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:258:25 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:319:31 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:039:03 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 32 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:555:55+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 21:319:31 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 17:345:34 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 18:546:54 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 09:039:03 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:154:15 AM | 05:055:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:404:40 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:138:13 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:138:13 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0312:03 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:071:07 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:082:08 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 16:004:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:083:08 PM | 17:265:26 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:543:54 PM | 16:404:40 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:004:00 PM | 17:265:26 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:265:26 PM | 19:067:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:265:26 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:265:26 PM | 18:416:41 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:561:56+1 AM | 27:363:36+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |