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Saturday 4 February 2017 · Kowloon, Hong Kong

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:201:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1511:15 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

12:1912:19 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:3712:37 PM

The Sun 52° above S. Day length 11 h 12 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonKowloon12:3712:37 PM
At noon, 12:3712:37 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:106:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:445:44 AM–07:017:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1512:15 PM–13:001:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:292:29 PM–15:143:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:384:38 PM–18:086:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:136:13 PM–18:396:39 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:136:13 PM–19:307:30 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika07:017:01 AM–08:258:25 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:017:01 AM–07:467:46 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya07:357:35 AM–09:059:05 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:467:46 AM–08:318:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:499:49 AM–11:1311:13 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:012:01 PM–15:253:25 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

Kāla07:017:01 AM–08:258:25 AMavoid
Śubha08:258:25 AM–09:499:49 AMgood
Roga09:499:49 AM–11:1311:13 AMavoid
Udvega11:1311:13 AM–12:3712:37 PMavoid
Cara12:3712:37 PM–14:012:01 PMneutral
Lābha14:012:01 PM–15:253:25 PMgood
Amṛta15:253:25 PM–16:494:49 PMgood
Kāla16:494:49 PM–18:136:13 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:136:13 PM–19:497:49 PMgood
Udvega19:497:49 PM–21:259:25 PMavoid
Śubha21:259:25 PM–23:0111:01 PMgood
Amṛta23:0111:01 PM–24:3712:37+1 AMgood
Cara24:3712:37+1 AM–26:132:13+1 AMneutral
Roga26:132:13+1 AM–27:493:49+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:493:49+1 AM–29:255:25+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:255:25+1 AM–31:017:01+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:017:01 AM sunrise18:136:13 PM sunsetsunrise 31:017:01+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1511:15 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 21:099:09 PM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 23:3311:33 PM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:1912:19 PM
Bavauntil 23:1511:15 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:499:49 AM–11:1311:13 AM
Abhijit 12:1512:15 PM–13:001:00 PM
Pradoṣa 18:136:13 PM–19:567:56 PM
Niśītha 24:1312:13+1 AM–25:011:01+1 AM

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 11:1311:13 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:001:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 12 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:567:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:011:01+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:1511:15 PMNavamī
NakṣatraBharaṇī21:099:09 PMKṛttikā
YogaŚukla23:3311:33 PMBrahma
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:1912:19 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra31:01 07:017:01 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 323
Day length
11 h 12 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
12:0612:06 PM
Moonset
25:121:12+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:017:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:106:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:445:44 AM07:017:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:017:01 AM09:169:16 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:017:01 AM08:258:25 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:017:01 AM07:467:46 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:357:35 AM09:059:05 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:467:46 AM08:318:31 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:169:16 AM11:3011:30 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:499:49 AM11:1311:13 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1312:13 PM13:011:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1512:15 PM13:001:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:451:45 PM15:593:59 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:012:01 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:292:29 PM15:143:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:593:59 PM18:136:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:384:38 PM18:086:08 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:136:13 PM19:567:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:136:13 PM18:396:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:136:13 PM19:307:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1312:13+1 AM25:011:01+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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