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Sunday 25 March 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 09:069:06 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:037:03 AM.

Observed here on this day

Rāma Navamī

Navamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:515:51 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:037:03 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

The Sun 57° above S. Day length 12 h 17 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Bhādrapadā and the Moon 99° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 58% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 99° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:174:17 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:515:51 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:032:03 PM–14:522:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:086:08 PM–18:326:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:086:08 PM–19:187:18 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa12:0012:00 PM–13:321:32 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika15:043:04 PM–16:364:36 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:304:30 PM–17:195:19 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla16:364:36 PM–18:086:08 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya24:3812:38 AM+1–26:082:08 AM+1a 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

Udvega05:515:51 AM–07:237:23 AMavoid
Cara07:237:23 AM–08:558:55 AMneutral
Lābha08:558:55 AM–10:2710:27 AMgood
Amṛta10:2710:27 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:321:32 PMavoid
Śubha13:321:32 PM–15:043:04 PMgood
Roga15:043:04 PM–16:364:36 PMavoid
Udvega16:364:36 PM–18:086:08 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha18:086:08 PM–19:367:36 PMgood
Amṛta19:367:36 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Cara21:049:04 PM–22:3110:31 PMneutral
Roga22:3110:31 PM–23:5911:59 PMavoid
Kāla23:5911:59 PM–25:271:27 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:271:27 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1good
Udvega26:542:54 AM+1–28:224:22 AM+1avoid
Śubha28:224:22 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:515:51 AM to 29:495:49 AM+1

05:515:51 AM sunrise18:086:08 PM sunsetsunrise 29:495:49 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 07:037:03 AM
Navamīuntil 28:544:54 AM+1
Daśamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 13:211:21 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 23:0211:02 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 07:037:03 AM
Bālavauntil 17:595:59 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:544:54 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3511:35 AM–12:2412:24 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:364:36 PM–18:086:08 PM
Pradoṣa 18:086:08 PM–19:427:42 PM
Niśītha 23:3511:35 PM–24:2312:23 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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:2412:24 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:086:08 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  7. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 12 h 17 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:427:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:2312:23 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. DaśamīTithi: Navamī ends.
  13. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  14. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī07:037:03 AMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā13:211:21 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana23:0211:02 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBava07:037:03 AMBālava
VāraRavivāra29:49 05:495:49 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 869 737
Day length
12 h 17 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
11:4211:42 AM
Moonset
26:072:07 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:174:17 AM05:515:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:174:17 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:515:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:515:51 AM08:188:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:188:18 AM10:4610:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3511:35 AM12:2412:24 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:321:32 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:131:13 PM15:413:41 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:032:03 PM14:522:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day15:043:04 PM16:364:36 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:413:41 PM18:086:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:304:30 PM17:195:19 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:364:36 PM18:086:08 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk18:086:08 PM19:427:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:086:08 PM18:326:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:086:08 PM19:187:18 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3511:35 PM24:2312:23 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra24:3812:38 AM+126:082:08 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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