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Tuesday 5 December 2023 · Multan, Punjab, Pakistan

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:309:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:0812:08+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:566:56 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4910:49 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:0412:04 PM

The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 18 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonMultan12:0412:04 PM
At noon, 12:0412:04 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 50% 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 muhūrta05:065:06 AM–06:016:01 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:335:33 AM–06:566:56 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:4411:44 AM–12:2512:25 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:471:47 PM–14:282:28 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM–18:356:35 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:557:55 PM–21:439:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:598:59 AM–09:409:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya09:069:06 AM–10:5410:54 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:309:30 AM–10:4710:47 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0412:04 PM–13:221:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4210:42 PM–23:3711:37 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

Roga06:566:56 AM–08:138:13 AMavoid
Udvega08:138:13 AM–09:309:30 AMavoid
Cara09:309:30 AM–10:4710:47 AMneutral
Lābha10:4710:47 AM–12:0412:04 PMgood
Amṛta12:0412:04 PM–13:221:22 PMgood
Kāla13:221:22 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Śubha14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PMgood
Roga15:563:56 PM–17:135:13 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:135:13 PM–18:566:56 PMavoid
Lābha18:566:56 PM–20:398:39 PMgood
Udvega20:398:39 PM–22:2210:22 PMavoid
Śubha22:2210:22 PM–24:0512:05+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:0512:05+1 AM–25:481:48+1 AMgood
Cara25:481:48+1 AM–27:313:31+1 AMneutral
Roga27:313:31+1 AM–29:135:13+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:135:13+1 AM–30:566:56+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:566:56 AM to 30:566:56+1 AM

06:566:56 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:0812:08+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 27:083:08+1 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 22:1210:12 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:4910:49 AM
Kaulavauntil 24:0812:08+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4411:44 AM–12:2512:25 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:392:39 PM–15:563:56 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:037:03 PM
Niśītha 23:4111:41 PM–24:2912:29+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2512:25 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:563:56 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 18 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:037:03 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2912:29+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī24:08 00:0812:08 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī27:08 03:083:08 AM WedUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha22:1210:12 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava10:4910:49 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:56 06:566:56 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 818
Day length
10 h 18 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:2912:29+1 AM
Moonset
12:4412:44 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:065:06 AM06:566:56 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:065:06 AM06:016:01 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:335:33 AM06:566:56 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:566:56 AM08:598:59 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:598:59 AM11:0311:03 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:598:59 AM09:409:40 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:069:06 AM10:5410:54 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:309:30 AM10:4710:47 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4011:40 AM12:2812:28 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:4411:44 AM12:2512:25 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0412:04 PM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:061:06 PM15:103:10 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:471:47 PM14:282:28 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:392:39 PM15:563:56 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:103:10 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:135:13 PM19:037:03 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:135:13 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:135:13 PM18:356:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:557:55 PM21:439:43 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4210:42 PM23:3711:37 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:4111:41 PM24:2912:29+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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