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Monday 15 December 2014 · Qingyang, Gansu, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 07:337:33 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0410:04 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:527:52 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0410:04 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:4412:44 PM

The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQingyang12:4412:44 PM
At noon, 12:4412:44 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 277° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 44% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 277° falls in Kṛṣṇa Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:585:58 AM–06:556:55 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:266:26 AM–07:527:52 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:1012:10 PM–13:581:58 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2512:25 PM–13:041:04 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:222:22 PM–15:013:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:375:37 PM–18:056:05 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:375:37 PM–19:027:02 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:059:05 AM–10:1810:18 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:3111:31 AM–12:4412:44 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:041:04 PM–13:431:43 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:571:57 PM–15:113:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:013:01 PM–15:403:40 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya29:265:26 AM+1–31:127:12 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

Amṛta07:527:52 AM–09:059:05 AMgood
Kāla09:059:05 AM–10:1810:18 AMavoid
Śubha10:1810:18 AM–11:3111:31 AMgood
Roga11:3111:31 AM–12:4412:44 PMavoid
Udvega12:4412:44 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Cara13:571:57 PM–15:113:11 PMneutral
Lābha15:113:11 PM–16:244:24 PMgood
Amṛta16:244:24 PM–17:375:37 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:375:37 PM–19:247:24 PMneutral
Roga19:247:24 PM–21:119:11 PMavoid
Kāla21:119:11 PM–22:5810:58 PMavoid
Lābha22:5810:58 PM–24:4512:45 AM+1good
Udvega24:4512:45 AM+1–26:322:32 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:322:32 AM+1–28:194:19 AM+1good
Amṛta28:194:19 AM+1–30:066:06 AM+1good
Cara30:066:06 AM+1–31:527:52 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:527:52 AM to 31:527:52 AM+1

07:527:52 AM sunrise17:375:37 PM sunsetsunrise 31:527:52 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 10:0410:04 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 20:138:13 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 21:239:23 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 10:0410:04 AM
Taitilauntil 23:1211:12 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:059:05 AM–10:1810:18 AM
Abhijit 12:2512:25 PM–13:041:04 PM
Pradoṣa 17:375:37 PM–19:317:31 PM
Niśītha 24:2112:21 AM+1–25:091:09 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 10:1810:18 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:041:04 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 45 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:317:31 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  9. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:091:09 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī10:0410:04 AMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī20:138:13 PMHasta
YogaĀyuṣmān21:239:23 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaKaulava10:0410:04 AMTaitila
VāraSomavāra31:52 07:527:52 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 541
Day length
9 h 45 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:481:48 AM+1
Moonset
13:081:08 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:585:58 AM07:527:52 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:585:58 AM06:556:55 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:266:26 AM07:527:52 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:527:52 AM09:499:49 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:059:05 AM10:1810:18 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:499:49 AM11:4611:46 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:3111:31 AM12:4412:44 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:1012:10 PM13:581:58 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2012:20 PM13:081:08 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2512:25 PM13:041:04 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:041:04 PM13:431:43 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:431:43 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:571:57 PM15:113:11 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:222:22 PM15:013:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:013:01 PM15:403:40 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM17:375:37 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:375:37 PM19:317:31 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:375:37 PM18:056:05 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:375:37 PM19:027:02 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2112:21 AM+125:091:09 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra29:265:26 AM+131:127:12 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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