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Friday 14 January 2000 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:0311:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:569:56 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate

At sunrise

06:556:55 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:3410:34 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5012:50 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 11 h 49 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:5012:50 PM
At noon, 12:5012:50 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:185:18 AM–06:076:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:425:42 AM–06:556:55 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:298:29 AM–10:0410:04 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:353:35 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:446:44 PM–19:087:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:446:44 PM–19:577:57 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla27:063:06+1 AM–28:394:39+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:248:24 AM–09:529:52 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:179:17 AM–10:0410:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:131:13 PM–14:002:00 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:473:47 PM–17:155:15 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya30:116:11+1 AM–31:447:44+1 AMa 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

Cara06:556:55 AM–08:248:24 AMneutral
Lābha08:248:24 AM–09:529:52 AMgood
Amṛta09:529:52 AM–11:2111:21 AMgood
Kāla11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PMavoid
Śubha12:5012:50 PM–14:182:18 PMgood
Roga14:182:18 PM–15:473:47 PMavoid
Udvega15:473:47 PM–17:155:15 PMavoid
Cara17:155:15 PM–18:446:44 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:446:44 PM–20:158:15 PMavoid
Kāla20:158:15 PM–21:479:47 PMavoid
Lābha21:479:47 PM–23:1811:18 PMgood
Udvega23:1811:18 PM–24:5012:50+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:5012:50+1 AM–26:212:21+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:212:21+1 AM–27:533:53+1 AMgood
Cara27:533:53+1 AM–29:245:24+1 AMneutral
Roga29:245:24+1 AM–30:566:56+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:556:55 AM to 30:566:56+1 AM

06:556:55 AM sunrise18:446:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 21:569:56 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 10:5210:52 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 27:223:22+1 AM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:3410:34 AM
Bavauntil 21:569:56 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PM
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PM
Pradoṣa 18:446:44 PM–20:218:21 PM
Niśītha 24:2612:26+1 AM–25:141:14+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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5012:50 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:131:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:218:21 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:141:14+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī21:569:56 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī10:5210:52 AMAśvinī
YogaSiddha27:22 03:223:22 AM SatSādhya
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:3410:34 AMBava
VāraŚukravāra30:56 06:566:56 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 092
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:4712:47 PM
Moonset
25:131:13+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:185:18 AM06:556:55 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:185:18 AM06:076:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:425:42 AM06:556:55 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:556:55 AM09:179:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:248:24 AM09:529:52 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:298:29 AM10:0410:04 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:179:17 AM10:0410:04 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:2111:21 AM12:5012:50 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2612:26 PM13:141:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:131:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:131:13 PM14:002:00 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:002:00 PM16:224:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:473:47 PM17:155:15 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:224:22 PM18:446:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:446:44 PM20:218:21 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:446:44 PM19:087:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:446:44 PM19:577:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2612:26+1 AM25:141:14+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra27:063:06+1 AM28:394:39+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra30:116:11+1 AM31:447:44+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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