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Tuesday 26 December 2017 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:431:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:441:44 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:596:59 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:501:50 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 51 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:055:05 AM–06:026:02 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:345:34 AM–06:596:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3411:34 AM–12:1412:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:321:32 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:494:49 PM–17:185:18 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:494:49 PM–18:146:14 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:527:52 PM–21:309:30 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:578:57 AM–09:369:36 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:269:26 AM–10:4010:40 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:0010:00 AM–11:3911:39 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2910:29 PM–23:2611:26 PMan 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

Roga06:596:59 AM–08:128:12 AMavoid
Udvega08:128:12 AM–09:269:26 AMavoid
Cara09:269:26 AM–10:4010:40 AMneutral
Lābha10:4010:40 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMgood
Kāla13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMavoid
Śubha14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PMgood
Roga15:353:35 PM–16:494:49 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:494:49 PM–18:356:35 PMavoid
Lābha18:356:35 PM–20:228:22 PMgood
Udvega20:228:22 PM–22:0810:08 PMavoid
Śubha22:0810:08 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:401:40 AM+1good
Cara25:401:40 AM+1–27:273:27 AM+1neutral
Roga27:273:27 AM+1–29:135:13 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:135:13 AM+1–30:596:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:596:59 AM to 30:596:59 AM+1

06:596:59 AM sunrise16:494:49 PM sunsetsunrise 30:596:59 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 25:441:44 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 24:4712:47 AM+1
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 28:284:28 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:501:50 PM
Bavauntil 25:441:44 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3411:34 AM–12:1412:14 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:222:22 PM–15:353:35 PM
Pradoṣa 16:494:49 PM–18:436:43 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18 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 12:1412:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:353:35 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 51 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:436:43 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī25:44 01:441:44 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā24:47 00:4712:47 AM WedRevatī
YogaVarīyān28:28 04:284:28 AM WedParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:501:50 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:59 06:596:59 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 648
Day length
9 h 51 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:0112:01 PM
Moonset
24:1512:15 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:055:05 AM06:596:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:055:05 AM06:026:02 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:345:34 AM06:596:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:596:59 AM08:578:57 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:578:57 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:578:57 AM09:369:36 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:269:26 AM10:4010:40 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:0010:00 AM11:3911:39 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:081:08 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM14:512:51 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:321:32 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:222:22 PM15:353:35 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:512:51 PM16:494:49 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:494:49 PM18:436:43 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:494:49 PM17:185:18 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:494:49 PM18:146:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:527:52 PM21:309:30 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2910:29 PM23:2611:26 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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