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Tuesday 6 March 1979 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 08:578:57 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:599:59 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:366:36 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:599:59 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:2612:26 PM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 11 h 40 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMultan12:2612:26 PM
At noon, 12:2612:26 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 97° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 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 muhūrta04:574:57 AM–05:475:47 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:225:22 AM–06:366:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0212:02 PM–12:4912:49 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:093:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:166:16 PM–18:406:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:166:16 PM–19:307:30 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:296:29 PM–20:138:13 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:048:04 AM–09:489:48 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:568:56 AM–09:439:43 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:319:31 AM–10:5810:58 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2612:26 PM–13:531:53 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:213:21 PM–16:484:48 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:1111:11 PM–24:0112:01 AM+1an 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

Roga06:366:36 AM–08:038:03 AMavoid
Udvega08:038:03 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Cara09:319:31 AM–10:5810:58 AMneutral
Lābha10:5810:58 AM–12:2612:26 PMgood
Amṛta12:2612:26 PM–13:531:53 PMgood
Kāla13:531:53 PM–15:213:21 PMavoid
Śubha15:213:21 PM–16:484:48 PMgood
Roga16:484:48 PM–18:166:16 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:166:16 PM–19:487:48 PMavoid
Lābha19:487:48 PM–21:209:20 PMgood
Udvega21:209:20 PM–22:5310:53 PMavoid
Śubha22:5310:53 PM–24:2512:25 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2512:25 AM+1–25:581:58 AM+1good
Cara25:581:58 AM+1–27:303:30 AM+1neutral
Roga27:303:30 AM+1–29:025:02 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:025:02 AM+1–30:356:35 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:366:36 AM to 30:356:35 AM+1

06:366:36 AM sunrise18:166:16 PM sunsetsunrise 30:356:35 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 09:599:59 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 28:024:02 AM+1
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 24:0012:00 AM+1
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:599:59 AM
Bālavauntil 22:4610:46 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0212:02 PM–12:4912:49 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:213:21 PM–16:484:48 PM
Pradoṣa 18:166:16 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 24:0112:01 AM+1–24:4912:49 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. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4912:49 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:484:48 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 40 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4912:49 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī09:599:59 AMNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā28:02 04:024:02 AM WedĀrdrā
YogaPrīti24:00 00:0012:00 AM TueĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBava09:599:59 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:35 06:356:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2035
Śaka
1900
Kali
5079
Ahargaṇa
1 855 473
Day length
11 h 40 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
12:0612:06 PM
Moonset
25:571:57 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:574:57 AM06:366:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:574:57 AM05:475:47 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:225:22 AM06:366:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:366:36 AM08:568:56 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:048:04 AM09:489:48 AMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:568:56 AM11:1611:16 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:568:56 AM09:439:43 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:5810:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0212:02 PM12:5012:50 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0212:02 PM12:4912:49 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2612:26 PM13:531:53 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:361:36 PM15:563:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:093:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:213:21 PM16:484:48 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:563:56 PM18:166:16 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:166:16 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:166:16 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:166:16 PM19:307:30 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:296:29 PM20:138:13 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1111:11 PM24:0112:01 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0112:01 AM+124:4912:49 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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