Wednesday 19 April 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:371:37 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:073:07+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:175:17 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5212:52 PM
Siddha gives way to Sādhya.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 11 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
05:175:17 AM to 29:165:16+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 27:07 03:073:07 AM Thu | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 23:2011:20 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Siddha | 12:5212:52 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:272:27 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:16 05:165:16 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:175:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:344:34 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:124:12 AM | 05:175:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:175:17 AM | 07:557:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 05:545:54 AM | 07:387:38 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:566:56 AM | 08:358:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:557:55 AM | 10:3410:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:1410:14 AM | 11:5311:53 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:321:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 15:503:50 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:503:50 PM | 18:286:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:224:22 PM | 18:066:06 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:286:28 PM | 19:547:54 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:286:28 PM | 18:506:50 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:286:28 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:353:35+1 AM | 29:175:17+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |