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Wednesday 21 December 2016 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:445:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:187:18 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:566:56 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:113:11 PM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

11:5211:52 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5211:52 AM
At noon, 11:5211:52 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 273° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 273° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:035:03 AM–06:006:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:315:31 AM–06:566:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla07:247:24 AM–09:089:08 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:092:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:474:47 PM–17:155:15 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:474:47 PM–18:126:12 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:108:10 AM–09:249:24 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3810:38 AM–11:5211:52 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3211:32 AM–12:1112:11 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5211:52 AM–13:051:05 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:2812:28+1 AM–26:142:14+1 AMa 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

Lābha06:566:56 AM–08:108:10 AMgood
Amṛta08:108:10 AM–09:249:24 AMgood
Kāla09:249:24 AM–10:3810:38 AMavoid
Śubha10:3810:38 AM–11:5211:52 AMgood
Roga11:5211:52 AM–13:051:05 PMavoid
Udvega13:051:05 PM–14:192:19 PMavoid
Cara14:192:19 PM–15:333:33 PMneutral
Lābha15:333:33 PM–16:474:47 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:474:47 PM–18:336:33 PMavoid
Śubha18:336:33 PM–20:198:19 PMgood
Amṛta20:198:19 PM–22:0510:05 PMgood
Cara22:0510:05 PM–23:5211:52 PMneutral
Roga23:5211:52 PM–25:381:38+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:381:38+1 AM–27:243:24+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:243:24+1 AM–29:115:11+1 AMgood
Udvega29:115:11+1 AM–30:576:57+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:566:56 AM to 30:576:57+1 AM

06:566:56 AM sunrise16:474:47 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:187:18 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 15:113:11 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 28:454:45+1 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 19:187:18 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5211:52 AM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 16:474:47 PM–18:406:40 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:051:05 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 50 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:406:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  10. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:187:18 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī15:113:11 PMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya28:45 04:454:45 AM ThuŚobhana
KaraṇaKaulava19:187:18 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 278
Day length
9 h 50 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:3112:31+1 AM
Moonset
12:0612:06 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:035:03 AM06:566:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:035:03 AM06:006:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:315:31 AM06:566:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:566:56 AM08:548:54 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra07:247:24 AM09:089:08 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:108:10 AM09:249:24 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:548:54 AM10:5310:53 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3810:38 AM11:5211:52 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2811:28 AM12:1612:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:1112:11 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5211:52 AM13:051:05 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:492:49 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:092:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:492:49 PM16:474:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:474:47 PM18:406:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:474:47 PM17:155:15 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:474:47 PM18:126:12 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:2812:28+1 AM26:142:14+1 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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