Saturday 29 December 2018 · Kabul, Afghanistan
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:502:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:271:27 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:008:00 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:5511:55 AM
The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 51 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
07:007:00 AM to 31:007:00 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 25:27 01:271:27 AM Sun | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 08:008:00 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 08:108:10 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:042:04 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:00 07:007:00 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:065:06 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:065:06 AM | 06:036:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:355:35 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 08:588:58 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:007:00 AM | 08:138:13 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:007:00 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:397:39 AM | 08:188:18 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:588:58 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:279:27 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3611:36 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:091:09 PM | 14:232:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:341:34 PM | 14:132:13 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:532:53 PM | 16:514:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:114:11 PM | 17:455:45 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:514:51 PM | 18:446:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:514:51 PM | 17:195:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:514:51 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3111:31 PM | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 27:063:06 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |