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Tuesday 26 December 2017 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:136:13 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:146:14 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:486:48 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:175:17 PM

Uttara Bhādrapadā gives way to Revatī.

Noon

12:4112:41 PM

The Sun 61° above S. Day length 11 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:4112:41 PM
At noon, 12:4112:41 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:105:10 AM–05:595:59 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:355:35 AM–06:486:48 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1812:18 PM–13:051:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:2212:22 PM–14:002:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya14:392:39 PM–15:263:26 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:356:35 PM–18:596:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:356:35 PM–19:487:48 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:099:09 AM–09:579:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:459:45 AM–11:1311:13 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4112:41 PM–14:102:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:383:38 PM–17:065:06 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:2811:28 PM–24:1712:17 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:125:12 AM+1–30:476:47 AM+1a 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

Roga06:486:48 AM–08:168:16 AMavoid
Udvega08:168:16 AM–09:459:45 AMavoid
Cara09:459:45 AM–11:1311:13 AMneutral
Lābha11:1311:13 AM–12:4112:41 PMgood
Amṛta12:4112:41 PM–14:102:10 PMgood
Kāla14:102:10 PM–15:383:38 PMavoid
Śubha15:383:38 PM–17:065:06 PMgood
Roga17:065:06 PM–18:356:35 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:356:35 PM–20:078:07 PMavoid
Lābha20:078:07 PM–21:389:38 PMgood
Udvega21:389:38 PM–23:1011:10 PMavoid
Śubha23:1011:10 PM–24:4212:42 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4212:42 AM+1–26:132:13 AM+1good
Cara26:132:13 AM+1–27:453:45 AM+1neutral
Roga27:453:45 AM+1–29:175:17 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:175:17 AM+1–30:496:49 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:486:48 AM to 30:496:49 AM+1

06:486:48 AM sunrise18:356:35 PM sunsetsunrise 30:496:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:146:14 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 17:175:17 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:588:58 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 18:146:14 PM
Bālavauntil 29:565:56 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:1812:18 PM–13:051:05 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:383:38 PM–17:065:06 PM
Pradoṣa 18:356:35 PM–20:138:13 PM
Niśītha 24:1812:18 AM+1–25:061:06 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. AbhijitUntil 13:051:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:065:06 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 47 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:138:13 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:061:06 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:146:14 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā17:175:17 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān20:588:58 PMParigha
KaraṇaBava18:146:14 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:49 06:496:49 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2074
Śaka
1939
Kali
5118
Ahargaṇa
1 869 648
Day length
11 h 47 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:5912:59 PM
Moonset
25:191:19 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:105:10 AM06:486:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:105:10 AM05:595:59 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:355:35 AM06:486:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:486:48 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:099:09 AM09:579:57 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:459:45 AM11:1311:13 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1712:17 PM13:051:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1812:18 PM13:051:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:2212:22 PM14:002:00 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4112:41 PM14:102:10 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:521:52 PM16:134:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:392:39 PM15:263:26 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:383:38 PM17:065:06 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:134:13 PM18:356:35 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:356:35 PM20:138:13 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:356:35 PM18:596:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:356:35 PM19:487:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2811:28 PM24:1712:17 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1812:18 AM+125:061:06 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:125:12 AM+130:476:47 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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