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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:548:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:576:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:195:19 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:567:56 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2312:23 PM

The Sun 80° above N. Day length 14 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonPerth12:2312:23 PM
At noon, 12:2312:23 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Revatī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:004:00 AM–04:404:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:204:20 AM–05:195:19 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5411:54 AM–12:5112:51 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:442:44 PM–15:403:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla18:046:04 PM–19:357:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:267:26 PM–19:467:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:267:26 PM–20:268:26 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:088:08 AM–09:059:05 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa08:518:51 AM–10:3710:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:2312:23 PM–14:092:09 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:553:55 PM–17:405:40 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:2411:24 PM–24:0312:03+1 AMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga05:195:19 AM–07:057:05 AMavoid
Udvega07:057:05 AM–08:518:51 AMavoid
Cara08:518:51 AM–10:3710:37 AMneutral
Lābha10:3710:37 AM–12:2312:23 PMgood
Amṛta12:2312:23 PM–14:092:09 PMgood
Kāla14:092:09 PM–15:553:55 PMavoid
Śubha15:553:55 PM–17:405:40 PMgood
Roga17:405:40 PM–19:267:26 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:267:26 PM–20:418:41 PMavoid
Lābha20:418:41 PM–21:559:55 PMgood
Udvega21:559:55 PM–23:0911:09 PMavoid
Śubha23:0911:09 PM–24:2312:23+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:2312:23+1 AM–25:371:37+1 AMgood
Cara25:371:37+1 AM–26:512:51+1 AMneutral
Roga26:512:51+1 AM–28:064:06+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:064:06+1 AM–29:205:20+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:195:19 AM to 29:205:20+1 AM

05:195:19 AM sunrise19:267:26 PM sunsetsunrise 29:205:20+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:576:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 25:461:46+1 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:567:56 AM
Bavauntil 18:576:57 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5411:54 AM–12:5112:51 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:553:55 PM–17:405:40 PM
Pradoṣa 19:267:26 PM–20:458:45 PM
Niśītha 23:5911:59 PM–24:4712:47+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:5112:51 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:405:40 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 07 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:458:45 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4712:47+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:576:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī20:208:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva25:46 01:461:46 AM WedSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:567:56 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:20 05:205:20 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
14 h 07 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:4512:45 PM
Moonset
24:0812:08+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:004:00 AM05:195:19 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:004:00 AM04:404:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:204:20 AM05:195:19 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:195:19 AM08:088:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:088:08 AM10:5810:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:088:08 AM09:059:05 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:518:51 AM10:3710:37 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:588:58 AM10:2910:29 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5411:54 AM12:5112:51 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2312:23 PM14:092:09 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:471:47 PM16:374:37 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:442:44 PM15:403:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:553:55 PM17:405:40 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:374:37 PM19:267:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:046:04 PM19:357:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:267:26 PM20:458:45 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:267:26 PM19:467:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:267:26 PM20:268:26 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:2411:24 PM24:0312:03+1 AM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:5911:59 PM24:4712:47+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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