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Monday 14 January 2019 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:123:12 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:074:07 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

16:074:07 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

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 94° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° 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
  • 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 kāla21:559:55 PM–23:3511:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:248:24 AM–09:539:53 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:131:13 PM–14:012:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika14:182:18 PM–15:473:47 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:353:35 PM–16:224:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya25:151:15 AM+1–26:552:55 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

Amṛta06:556:55 AM–08:248:24 AMgood
Kāla08:248:24 AM–09:539:53 AMavoid
Śubha09:539:53 AM–11:2111:21 AMgood
Roga11:2111:21 AM–12:5012:50 PMavoid
Udvega12:5012:50 PM–14:182:18 PMavoid
Cara14:182:18 PM–15:473:47 PMneutral
Lābha15:473:47 PM–17:155:15 PMgood
Amṛta17:155:15 PM–18:446:44 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:446:44 PM–20:158:15 PMneutral
Roga20:158:15 PM–21:479:47 PMavoid
Kāla21:479:47 PM–23:1811:18 PMavoid
Lābha23:1811:18 PM–24:5012:50 AM+1good
Udvega24:5012:50 AM+1–26:212:21 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:212:21 AM+1–27:533:53 AM+1good
Amṛta27:533:53 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1good
Cara29:245:24 AM+1–30:566:56 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

06:556:55 AM sunrise18:446:44 PM sunsetsunrise 30:566:56 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:074:07 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 29:265:26 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 22:2210:22 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:074:07 PM
Bālavauntil 28:184:18 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:248:24 AM–09:539:53 AM
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:131:13 PM
Pradoṣa 18:446:44 PM–20:228:22 PM
Niśītha 24:2612:26 AM+1–25:141:14 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:539:53 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:131:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 49 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:228:22 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:141:14 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī16:074:07 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī29:26 05:265:26 AM TueBharaṇī
YogaSiddha22:2210:22 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBava16:074:07 PMBālava
VāraSomavāra30:56 06:566:56 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2075
Śaka
1940
Kali
5119
Ahargaṇa
1 870 032
Day length
11 h 49 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
12:5912:59 PM
Moonset
25:241:24 AM+1

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
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:248:24 AM09:539:53 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:179:17 AM11:3911:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2111:21 AM12:5012:50 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
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 PM14:012:01 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:012:01 PM16:224:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:182:18 PM15:473:47 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:353:35 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:353:35 PM16:224:22 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:224:22 PM18:446:44 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:446:44 PM20:228:22 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
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:559:55 PM23:3511:35 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2612:26 AM+125:141:14 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:151:15 AM+126:552:55 AM+1sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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