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Saturday 15 January 2000 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 13:031:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5611:56 AM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:146:14 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5611:56 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

13:291:29 PM

The Sun 73° above N. Day length 14 h 30 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:291:29 PM
At noon, 13:291:29 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 97° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 56% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 97° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:584:58 AM–05:365:36 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:175:17 AM–06:146:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit13:001:00 PM–13:581:58 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:543:54 PM–16:524:52 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:065:06 PM–18:396:39 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli20:448:44 PM–21:039:03 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:448:44 PM–21:419:41 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:146:14 AM–08:038:03 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:146:14 AM–07:127:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:127:12 AM–08:108:10 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:529:52 AM–11:4011:40 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:183:18 PM–17:065:06 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:118:11 PM–21:449:44 PMa 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

Kāla06:146:14 AM–08:038:03 AMavoid
Śubha08:038:03 AM–09:529:52 AMgood
Roga09:529:52 AM–11:4011:40 AMavoid
Udvega11:4011:40 AM–13:291:29 PMavoid
Cara13:291:29 PM–15:183:18 PMneutral
Lābha15:183:18 PM–17:065:06 PMgood
Amṛta17:065:06 PM–18:556:55 PMgood
Kāla18:556:55 PM–20:448:44 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha20:448:44 PM–21:559:55 PMgood
Udvega21:559:55 PM–23:0711:07 PMavoid
Śubha23:0711:07 PM–24:1812:18 AM+1good
Amṛta24:1812:18 AM+1–25:301:30 AM+1good
Cara25:301:30 AM+1–26:412:41 AM+1neutral
Roga26:412:41 AM+1–27:523:52 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:523:52 AM+1–29:045:04 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:045:04 AM+1–30:156:15 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:146:14 AM to 30:156:15 AM+1

06:146:14 AM sunrise20:448:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:156:15 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 11:5611:56 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 24:0312:03 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 17:225:22 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:5611:56 AM
Bālavauntil 23:0711:07 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:529:52 AM–11:4011:40 AM
Abhijit 13:001:00 PM–13:581:58 PM
Pradoṣa 20:448:44 PM–22:0010:00 PM
Niśītha 25:061:06 AM+1–25:541:54 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 11:4011:40 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:581:58 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 30 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 22:0010:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:541:54 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī11:5611:56 AMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī24:03 00:0312:03 AM SunBharaṇī
YogaSiddha17:225:22 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBava11:5611:56 AMBālava
VāraŚanivāra30:15 06:156:15 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 093
Day length
14 h 30 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
14:142:14 PM
Moonset
25:411:41 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:584:58 AM06:146:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:584:58 AM05:365:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:175:17 AM06:146:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:146:14 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:146:14 AM08:038:03 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:146:14 AM07:127:12 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:127:12 AM08:108:10 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM12:0212:02 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:529:52 AM11:4011:40 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta13:001:00 PM13:581:58 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday13:051:05 PM13:531:53 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:562:56 PM17:505:50 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:183:18 PM17:065:06 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:543:54 PM16:524:52 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:065:06 PM18:396:39 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening17:505:50 PM20:448:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:118:11 PM21:449:44 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk20:448:44 PM22:0010:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:448:44 PM21:039:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:448:44 PM21:419:41 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight25:061:06 AM+125:541:54 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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