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Saturday 5 October 2019 · Paramaribo, Paramaribo District, Suriname

Āśvina Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:211:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:252:25+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Mahāṣṭamī · Durga Ashtami

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:286:28 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:471:47 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2912:29 PM

The Sun 79° above S. Day length 12 h 02 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonParamaribo12:2912:29 PM
At noon, 12:2912:29 PM, the Sun is in Hasta and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:524:52 AM–05:405:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:165:16 AM–06:286:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0512:05 PM–12:5312:53 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:292:29 PM–15:183:18 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:306:30 PM–18:546:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:306:30 PM–19:427:42 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla25:241:24+1 AM–27:073:07+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika06:286:28 AM–07:587:58 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:286:28 AM–07:167:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:167:16 AM–08:048:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:299:29 AM–10:5910:59 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:591:59 PM–15:303:30 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:063:06 PM–16:494:49 PMa 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

Kāla06:286:28 AM–07:587:58 AMavoid
Śubha07:587:58 AM–09:299:29 AMgood
Roga09:299:29 AM–10:5910:59 AMavoid
Udvega10:5910:59 AM–12:2912:29 PMavoid
Cara12:2912:29 PM–13:591:59 PMneutral
Lābha13:591:59 PM–15:303:30 PMgood
Amṛta15:303:30 PM–17:005:00 PMgood
Kāla17:005:00 PM–18:306:30 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:306:30 PM–20:008:00 PMgood
Udvega20:008:00 PM–21:309:30 PMavoid
Śubha21:309:30 PM–22:5910:59 PMgood
Amṛta22:5910:59 PM–24:2912:29+1 AMgood
Cara24:2912:29+1 AM–25:591:59+1 AMneutral
Roga25:591:59+1 AM–27:283:28+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:283:28+1 AM–28:584:58+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:584:58+1 AM–30:286:28+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:286:28 AM to 30:286:28+1 AM

06:286:28 AM sunrise18:306:30 PM sunsetsunrise 30:286:28+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:252:25+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 14:532:53 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:471:47 PM
Bavauntil 26:252:25+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:299:29 AM–10:5910:59 AM
Abhijit 12:0512:05 PM–12:5312:53 PM
Pradoṣa 18:306:30 PM–20:068:06 PM
Niśītha 24:0512:05+1 AM–24:5312:53+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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:5910:59 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5312:53 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 02 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:068:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5312:53+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī26:25 02:252:25 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraPūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunriseUttarāṣāḍhā
YogaŚobhana14:532:53 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:471:47 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:28 06:286:28 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āśvina
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2076
Śaka
1941
Kali
5120
Ahargaṇa
1 870 296
Day length
12 h 02 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
12:4712:47 PM
Moonset
24:4912:49+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:524:52 AM06:286:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:524:52 AM05:405:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:165:16 AM06:286:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:286:28 AM08:528:52 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:286:28 AM07:587:58 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:286:28 AM07:167:16 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:167:16 AM08:048:04 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:528:52 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:299:29 AM10:5910:59 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0512:05 PM12:5312:53 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:0512:05 PM12:5312:53 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:411:41 PM16:064:06 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:591:59 PM15:303:30 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:292:29 PM15:183:18 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:063:06 PM16:494:49 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:064:06 PM18:306:30 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:306:30 PM20:068:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:306:30 PM18:546:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:306:30 PM19:427:42 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0512:05+1 AM24:5312:53+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra25:241:24+1 AM27:073:07+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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