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Tuesday 25 December 2074 · Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:507:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:368:36 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:177:17 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:088:08 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:0812:08 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMosul12:0812:08 PM
At noon, 12:0812:08 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:177:17 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4811:48 AM–12:2712:27 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:451:45 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:584:58 PM–17:275:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:584:58 PM–18:246:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:006:00 PM–19:417:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:517:51 AM–09:339:33 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:149:14 AM–09:529:52 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:439:43 AM–10:5510:55 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0812:08 PM–13:201:20 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:332:33 PM–15:463:46 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4210:42 PM–23:3911:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:177:17 AM–08:308:30 AMavoid
Udvega08:308:30 AM–09:439:43 AMavoid
Cara09:439:43 AM–10:5510:55 AMneutral
Lābha10:5510:55 AM–12:0812:08 PMgood
Amṛta12:0812:08 PM–13:201:20 PMgood
Kāla13:201:20 PM–14:332:33 PMavoid
Śubha14:332:33 PM–15:463:46 PMgood
Roga15:463:46 PM–16:584:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:584:58 PM–18:466:46 PMavoid
Lābha18:466:46 PM–20:338:33 PMgood
Udvega20:338:33 PM–22:2110:21 PMavoid
Śubha22:2110:21 PM–24:0812:08 AM+1good
Amṛta24:0812:08 AM+1–25:551:55 AM+1good
Cara25:551:55 AM+1–27:433:43 AM+1neutral
Roga27:433:43 AM+1–29:305:30 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:305:30 AM+1–31:187:18 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:177:17 AM to 31:187:18 AM+1

07:177:17 AM sunrise16:584:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:187:18 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 20:368:36 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 23:0411:04 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 29:565:56 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 08:088:08 AM
Bavauntil 20:368:36 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4811:48 AM–12:2712:27 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:332:33 PM–15:463:46 PM
Pradoṣa 16:584:58 PM–18:536:53 PM
Niśītha 23:4411:44 PM–24:3212:32 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2712:27 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:463:46 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 41 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:536:53 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:3212:32 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī20:368:36 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā23:0411:04 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān29:56 05:565:56 AM WedParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi08:088:08 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:18 07:187:18 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2131
Śaka
1996
Kali
5175
Ahargaṇa
1 890 466
Day length
9 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:2912:29 PM
Moonset
24:4112:41 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:177:17 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:177:17 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:177:17 AM09:149:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:517:51 AM09:339:33 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:149:14 AM11:1011:10 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:149:14 AM09:529:52 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:439:43 AM10:5510:55 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4411:44 AM12:3212:32 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4811:48 AM12:2712:27 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0812:08 PM13:201:20 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM15:023:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:451:45 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:332:33 PM15:463:46 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:023:02 PM16:584:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:584:58 PM18:536:53 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:584:58 PM17:275:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:584:58 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:006:00 PM19:417:41 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4210:42 PM23:3911:39 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4411:44 PM24:3212:32 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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