Friday 26 October 1956 · Queens, New York, United States
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:063:06 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:5712:57+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:197:19 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:022:02 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 40 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
07:197:19 AM to 31:207:20+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:57 00:5712:57 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 25:14 01:141:14 AM Sat | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 19:107:10 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:022:02 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:335:33 AM | 07:197:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:335:33 AM | 06:266:26 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:595:59 AM | 07:197:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:197:19 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:3511:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:279:27 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:1210:12 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:001:00 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:431:43 PM | 15:513:51 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:262:26 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:193:19 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:513:51 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:266:26 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:137:13 PM | 20:438:43 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 25:041:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |