Wednesday 1 October 2014 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:205:20 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:383:38 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:257:25 AM
Saubhāgya gives way to Śobhana.
Noon
12:3012:30 PM
The Sun 81° above S. Day length 12 h 03 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:296:29 AM to 30:286:28 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 27:38 03:383:38 AM Thu | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 14:332:33 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 07:257:25 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:334:33 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:28 06:286:28 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:534:53 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:534:53 AM | 05:415:41 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:175:17 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:597:59 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 08:208:20 AM | 09:549:54 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:538:53 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:0011:00 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:012:01 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:001:00 PM | 14:332:33 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 16:074:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:074:07 PM | 18:326:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:326:32 PM | 20:078:07 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:326:32 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:326:32 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4111:41 PM | 25:131:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0612:06 AM+1 | 24:5412:54 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |