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January 1957 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 9 January 1957 · Queens, New York, United States

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 13:271:27 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:352:35 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:4110:41 AM

Revatī gives way to Aśvinī.

Noon

12:0312:03 PM

The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0312:03 PM
At noon, 12:0312:03 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 95° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 95° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:235:23 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla08:078:07 AM–09:509:50 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:371:37 PM–14:152:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:464:46 PM–17:155:15 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:464:46 PM–18:136:13 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:134:13+1 AM–29:535:53+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5210:52 AM–12:0312:03 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4411:44 AM–12:2212:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:0312:03 PM–13:141:14 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha07:207:20 AM–08:308:30 AMgood
Amṛta08:308:30 AM–09:419:41 AMgood
Kāla09:419:41 AM–10:5210:52 AMavoid
Śubha10:5210:52 AM–12:0312:03 PMgood
Roga12:0312:03 PM–13:141:14 PMavoid
Udvega13:141:14 PM–14:242:24 PMavoid
Cara14:242:24 PM–15:353:35 PMneutral
Lābha15:353:35 PM–16:464:46 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:464:46 PM–18:356:35 PMavoid
Śubha18:356:35 PM–20:248:24 PMgood
Amṛta20:248:24 PM–22:1310:13 PMgood
Cara22:1310:13 PM–24:0312:03+1 AMneutral
Roga24:0312:03+1 AM–25:521:52+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:521:52+1 AM–27:413:41+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:413:41+1 AM–29:305:30+1 AMgood
Udvega29:305:30+1 AM–31:197:19+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:207:20 AM to 31:197:19+1 AM

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:464:46 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 14:352:35 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 10:4110:41 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 12:0512:05 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:352:35 PM
Bālavauntil 26:522:52+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:0312:03 PM–13:141:14 PM
Pradoṣa 16:464:46 PM–18:426:42 PM
Niśītha 23:3911:39 PM–24:2712:27+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:141:14 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:426:42 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2712:27+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī14:352:35 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī10:4110:41 AMAśvinī
YogaŚiva12:0512:05 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava14:352:35 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:19 07:197:19 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2013
Śaka
1878
Kali
5057
Ahargaṇa
1 847 382
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:2311:23 AM
Moonset
25:161:16+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:235:23 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:235:23 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:139:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra08:078:07 AM09:509:50 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:308:30 AM09:419:41 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:139:13 AM11:0611:06 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5210:52 AM12:0312:03 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3911:39 AM12:2712:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4411:44 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:0312:03 PM13:141:14 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM14:532:53 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:371:37 PM14:152:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:532:53 PM16:464:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:464:46 PM18:426:42 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:464:46 PM17:155:15 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:464:46 PM18:136:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3911:39 PM24:2712:27+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:134:13+1 AM29:535:53+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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