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December 1958 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseKārtika Kṛṣṇa to Mārgaśīrṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Wednesday 17 December 1958 · Queens, New York, United States

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:545:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:008:00 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:147:14 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:404:40 PM

Siddhi gives way to Vyatīpāta.

Noon

11:5111:51 AM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 15 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens11:5111:51 AM
At noon, 11:5111:51 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 47% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:165:16 AM–06:156:15 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:455:45 AM–07:147:14 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:1412:14 PM–13:591:59 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:241:24 PM–14:012:01 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:294:29 PM–16:594:59 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:294:29 PM–17:585:58 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:238:23 AM–09:339:33 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5111:51 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3311:33 AM–12:1012:10 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5111:51 AM–13:011:01 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

Lābha07:147:14 AM–08:238:23 AMgood
Amṛta08:238:23 AM–09:339:33 AMgood
Kāla09:339:33 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5111:51 AMgood
Roga11:5111:51 AM–13:011:01 PMavoid
Udvega13:011:01 PM–14:102:10 PMavoid
Cara14:102:10 PM–15:203:20 PMneutral
Lābha15:203:20 PM–16:294:29 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:294:29 PM–18:206:20 PMavoid
Śubha18:206:20 PM–20:108:10 PMgood
Amṛta20:108:10 PM–22:0110:01 PMgood
Cara22:0110:01 PM–23:5211:52 PMneutral
Roga23:5211:52 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:333:33 AM+1–29:245:24 AM+1good
Udvega29:245:24 AM+1–31:147:14 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:147:14 AM to 31:147:14 AM+1

07:147:14 AM sunrise16:294:29 PM sunsetsunrise 31:147:14 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 21:009:00 PM
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 16:404:40 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 18:526:52 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5111:51 AM–13:011:01 PM
Pradoṣa 16:294:29 PM–18:276:27 PM
Niśītha 23:2811:28 PM–24:1612:16 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:011:01 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. SunsetDay length 9 h 15 m.
  4. PradoṣaUntil 18:276:27 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  5. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  7. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1612:16 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā21:009:00 PMUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaSiddhi16:404:40 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaViṣṭi18:526:52 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra31:14 07:147:14 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2015
Śaka
1880
Kali
5059
Ahargaṇa
1 848 089
Day length
9 h 15 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
11:4411:44 AM
Moonset
24:0212:02 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:165:16 AM07:147:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:165:16 AM06:156:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:455:45 AM07:147:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:147:14 AM09:059:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:238:23 AM09:339:33 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:059:05 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5111:51 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:1012:10 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5111:51 AM13:011:01 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:1412:14 PM13:591:59 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4712:47 PM14:382:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:241:24 PM14:012:01 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:382:38 PM16:294:29 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:294:29 PM18:276:27 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:294:29 PM16:594:59 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:294:29 PM17:585:58 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2811:28 PM24:1612:16 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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