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Friday 27 December 2002 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2912:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3010:30 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:585:58 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:329:32 AM

Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.

Noon

13:211:21 PM

The Sun 76° above N. Day length 14 h 46 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMelbourne13:211:21 PM
At noon, 13:211:21 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Hasta, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 271° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:444:44 AM–05:215:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM–05:585:58 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:5112:51 PM–13:501:50 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:493:49 PM–16:484:48 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:448:44 PM–21:029:02 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:448:44 PM–21:399:39 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:302:30 AM+1–28:004:00 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:497:49 AM–09:399:39 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:558:55 AM–09:549:54 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3011:30 AM–13:211:21 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:501:50 PM–14:492:49 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya17:275:27 PM–18:576:57 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

Cara05:585:58 AM–07:497:49 AMneutral
Lābha07:497:49 AM–09:399:39 AMgood
Amṛta09:399:39 AM–11:3011:30 AMgood
Kāla11:3011:30 AM–13:211:21 PMavoid
Śubha13:211:21 PM–15:123:12 PMgood
Roga15:123:12 PM–17:025:02 PMavoid
Udvega17:025:02 PM–18:536:53 PMavoid
Cara18:536:53 PM–20:448:44 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga20:448:44 PM–21:539:53 PMavoid
Kāla21:539:53 PM–23:0311:03 PMavoid
Lābha23:0311:03 PM–24:1212:12 AM+1good
Udvega24:1212:12 AM+1–25:211:21 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:211:21 AM+1–26:312:31 AM+1good
Amṛta26:312:31 AM+1–27:403:40 AM+1good
Cara27:403:40 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1neutral
Roga28:494:49 AM+1–29:595:59 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:585:58 AM to 29:595:59 AM+1

05:585:58 AM sunrise20:448:44 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:3010:30 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 09:329:32 AM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 13:061:06 PM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:3111:31 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:3010:30 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3011:30 AM–13:211:21 PM
Abhijit 12:5112:51 PM–13:501:50 PM
Pradoṣa 20:448:44 PM–21:589:58 PM
Niśītha 24:5712:57 AM+1–25:451:45 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:211:21 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:501:50 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 46 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:589:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:451:45 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī22:3010:30 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī09:329:32 AMHasta
YogaSaubhāgya13:061:06 PMŚobhana
KaraṇaBālava11:3111:31 AMKaulava
VāraŚukravāra29:59 05:595:59 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 170
Day length
14 h 46 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:511:51 AM+1
Moonset
13:201:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:444:44 AM05:585:58 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:444:44 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:025:02 AM05:585:58 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:585:58 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:497:49 AM09:399:39 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM11:5211:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:558:55 AM09:549:54 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3011:30 AM13:211:21 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5112:51 PM13:501:50 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:5712:57 PM13:451:45 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:501:50 PM14:492:49 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:492:49 PM17:475:47 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:493:49 PM16:484:48 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day17:025:02 PM18:536:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:275:27 PM18:576:57 PMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening17:475:47 PM20:448:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:448:44 PM21:589:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:448:44 PM21:029:02 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:448:44 PM21:399:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5712:57 AM+125:451:45 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:302:30 AM+128:004:00 AM+1sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
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