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Saturday 15 December 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:163:16 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:135:13 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:536:53 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:194:19 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4811:48 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKabul11:4811:48 AM
At noon, 11:4811:48 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:594:59 AM–05:565:56 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:285:28 AM–06:536:53 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2911:29 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:271:27 PM–14:062:06 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:233:23 PM–17:095:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:444:44 PM–17:125:12 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:444:44 PM–18:096:09 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:536:53 AM–08:078:07 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:536:53 AM–07:327:32 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:327:32 AM–08:128:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:209:20 AM–10:3410:34 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:021:02 PM–14:162:16 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla06:536:53 AM–08:078:07 AMavoid
Śubha08:078:07 AM–09:209:20 AMgood
Roga09:209:20 AM–10:3410:34 AMavoid
Udvega10:3410:34 AM–11:4811:48 AMavoid
Cara11:4811:48 AM–13:021:02 PMneutral
Lābha13:021:02 PM–14:162:16 PMgood
Amṛta14:162:16 PM–15:303:30 PMgood
Kāla15:303:30 PM–16:444:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:444:44 PM–18:306:30 PMgood
Udvega18:306:30 PM–20:168:16 PMavoid
Śubha20:168:16 PM–22:0210:02 PMgood
Amṛta22:0210:02 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:351:35 AM+1neutral
Roga25:351:35 AM+1–27:213:21 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:213:21 AM+1–29:075:07 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:075:07 AM+1–30:536:53 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:536:53 AM to 30:536:53 AM+1

06:536:53 AM sunrise16:444:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:536:53 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 29:135:13 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 24:1412:14 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 24:5012:50 AM+1
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 16:194:19 PM
Bavauntil 29:135:13 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:209:20 AM–10:3410:34 AM
Abhijit 11:2911:29 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Pradoṣa 16:444:44 PM–18:376:37 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3410:34 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 51 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:376:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī29:13 05:135:13 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā24:14 00:1412:14 AM SunUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi24:50 00:5012:50 AM SunVyatīpāta
KaraṇaViṣṭi16:194:19 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:53 06:536:53 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 002
Day length
9 h 51 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
12:1512:15 PM
Moonset
23:5711:57 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:594:59 AM06:536:53 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:594:59 AM05:565:56 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:285:28 AM06:536:53 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:536:53 AM08:518:51 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:536:53 AM08:078:07 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:536:53 AM07:327:32 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:327:32 AM08:128:12 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:518:51 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:209:20 AM10:3410:34 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2411:24 AM12:1212:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2911:29 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4712:47 PM14:462:46 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:021:02 PM14:162:16 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:271:27 PM14:062:06 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:462:46 PM16:444:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:233:23 PM17:095:09 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk16:444:44 PM18:376:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:444:44 PM17:125:12 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:444:44 PM18:096:09 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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