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May 2000 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseCaitra Kṛṣṇa to Vaiśākha KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Wednesday 10 May 2000 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:524:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:153:15 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:435:43 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:014:01 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5212:52 PM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 14 h 17 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5212:52 PM
At noon, 12:5212:52 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Āśleṣā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 88° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:264:26 AM–05:045:04 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:454:45 AM–05:435:43 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya15:153:15 PM–16:124:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli20:018:01 PM–20:208:20 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:018:01 PM–20:598:59 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:248:24 PM–21:569:56 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:307:30 AM–09:189:18 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:0511:05 AM–12:5212:52 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya11:1111:11 AM–12:4312:43 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta12:2312:23 PM–13:211:21 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:5212:52 PM–14:392:39 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

Lābha05:435:43 AM–07:307:30 AMgood
Amṛta07:307:30 AM–09:189:18 AMgood
Kāla09:189:18 AM–11:0511:05 AMavoid
Śubha11:0511:05 AM–12:5212:52 PMgood
Roga12:5212:52 PM–14:392:39 PMavoid
Udvega14:392:39 PM–16:264:26 PMavoid
Cara16:264:26 PM–18:146:14 PMneutral
Lābha18:146:14 PM–20:018:01 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega20:018:01 PM–21:139:13 PMavoid
Śubha21:139:13 PM–22:2610:26 PMgood
Amṛta22:2610:26 PM–23:3911:39 PMgood
Cara23:3911:39 PM–24:5112:51 AM+1neutral
Roga24:5112:51 AM+1–26:042:04 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:042:04 AM+1–27:173:17 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:173:17 AM+1–28:304:30 AM+1good
Udvega28:304:30 AM+1–29:425:42 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:435:43 AM to 29:425:42 AM+1

05:435:43 AM sunrise20:018:01 PM sunsetsunrise 29:425:42 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:153:15 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣāuntil 21:569:56 PM
Maghāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 21:409:40 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 16:014:01 PM
Bavauntil 27:153:15 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:5212:52 PM–14:392:39 PM
Pradoṣa 20:018:01 PM–21:189:18 PM
Niśītha 24:2712:27 AM+1–25:151:15 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 14:392:39 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. SunsetDay length 14 h 17 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 21:189:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  7. MaghāNakṣatra: Āśleṣā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:151:15 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī27:15 03:153:15 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraĀśleṣā21:569:56 PMMaghā
YogaVṛddhi21:409:40 PMDhruva
KaraṇaViṣṭi16:014:01 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra29:42 05:425:42 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 209
Day length
14 h 17 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
12:0612:06 PM
Moonset
26:272:27 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:264:26 AM05:435:43 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:264:26 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:454:45 AM05:435:43 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:435:43 AM08:358:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:307:30 AM09:189:18 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:358:35 AM11:2611:26 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:0511:05 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra11:1111:11 AM12:4312:43 PMsixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:2312:23 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:5212:52 PM14:392:39 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:182:18 PM17:095:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:153:15 PM16:124:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:095:09 PM20:018:01 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk20:018:01 PM21:189:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset20:018:01 PM20:208:20 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight20:018:01 PM20:598:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:248:24 PM21:569:56 PMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2712:27 AM+125:151:15 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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