Tuesday 16 December 2003 · Queens, New York, United States
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:001:00 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1512:15 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:137:13 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4212:42 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:5111:51 AM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 16 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
07:137:13 AM to 31:147:14 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:15 00:1512:15 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 29:40 05:405:40 AM Wed | Hasta |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 27:47 03:473:47 AM Wed | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:4212:42 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:14 07:147:14 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:155:15 AM | 07:137:13 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:155:15 AM | 06:146:14 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:445:44 AM | 07:137:13 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:137:13 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:049:04 AM | 09:419:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:329:32 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:001:00 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4612:46 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:031:03 PM | 14:382:38 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:231:23 PM | 14:012:01 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:102:10 PM | 15:193:19 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:382:38 PM | 16:294:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:294:29 PM | 18:276:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:294:29 PM | 16:584:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:294:29 PM | 17:575:57 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2310:23 PM | 23:2211:22 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3310:33 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2711:27 PM | 24:1512:15 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |