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Tuesday 9 January 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:472:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 15:153:15 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:017:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:153:15 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:0012:00 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul12:0012:00 PM
At noon, 12:0012:00 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 274° ahead of it, in Citrā, 46% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 274° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:095:09 AM–06:056:05 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:375:37 AM–07:017:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4011:40 AM–12:2012:20 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:202:20 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:005:00 PM–17:285:28 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:005:00 PM–18:246:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:197:19 PM–21:019:01 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:019:01 AM–09:419:41 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:129:12 AM–10:5310:53 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:319:31 AM–10:4610:46 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0012:00 PM–13:151:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:302:30 PM–15:453:45 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3610:36 PM–23:3211:32 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

Roga07:017:01 AM–08:168:16 AMavoid
Udvega08:168:16 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Cara09:319:31 AM–10:4610:46 AMneutral
Lābha10:4610:46 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Amṛta12:0012:00 PM–13:151:15 PMgood
Kāla13:151:15 PM–14:302:30 PMavoid
Śubha14:302:30 PM–15:453:45 PMgood
Roga15:453:45 PM–17:005:00 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:005:00 PM–18:456:45 PMavoid
Lābha18:456:45 PM–20:308:30 PMgood
Udvega20:308:30 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Śubha22:1510:15 PM–24:0012:00 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0012:00 AM+1–25:461:46 AM+1good
Cara25:461:46 AM+1–27:313:31 AM+1neutral
Roga27:313:31 AM+1–29:165:16 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:165:16 AM+1–31:017:01 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:017:01 AM to 31:017:01 AM+1

07:017:01 AM sunrise17:005:00 PM sunsetsunrise 31:017:01 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 15:153:15 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 26:042:04 AM+1
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 28:124:12 AM+1
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 15:153:15 PM
Taitilauntil 27:453:45 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4011:40 AM–12:2012:20 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:302:30 PM–15:453:45 PM
Pradoṣa 17:005:00 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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 12:2012:20 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:453:45 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 59 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī15:153:15 PMNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā26:04 02:042:04 AM WedSvātī
YogaSukarmā28:12 04:124:12 AM WedDhṛti
KaraṇaKaulava15:153:15 PMTaitila
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:01 07:017:01 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 662
Day length
9 h 59 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:5612:56 AM+1
Moonset
11:5711:57 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:095:09 AM07:017:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:095:09 AM06:056:05 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:375:37 AM07:017:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:017:01 AM09:019:01 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:019:01 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:019:01 AM09:419:41 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:129:12 AM10:5310:53 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:4610:46 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4011:40 AM12:2012:20 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:151:15 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:001:00 PM15:003:00 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:202:20 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:302:30 PM15:453:45 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:003:00 PM17:005:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:005:00 PM18:526:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:005:00 PM17:285:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:005:00 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:197:19 PM21:019:01 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3610:36 PM23:3211:32 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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