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Tuesday 27 April 2004 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:112:11 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:595:59 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:321:32 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5312:53 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 48 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5312:53 PM
At noon, 12:5312:53 PM, the Sun is in Bharaṇī and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:374:37 AM–05:185:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:584:58 AM–05:595:59 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:0012:00 PM–13:451:45 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:113:11 PM–16:074:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:477:47 PM–20:088:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:477:47 PM–20:488:48 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:458:45 AM–09:409:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:269:26 AM–11:1011:10 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:204:20 PM–18:046:04 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:5211:52 PM–24:3212:32 AM+1an ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga05:595:59 AM–07:437:43 AMavoid
Udvega07:437:43 AM–09:269:26 AMavoid
Cara09:269:26 AM–11:1011:10 AMneutral
Lābha11:1011:10 AM–12:5312:53 PMgood
Amṛta12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PMgood
Kāla14:372:37 PM–16:204:20 PMavoid
Śubha16:204:20 PM–18:046:04 PMgood
Roga18:046:04 PM–19:477:47 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:477:47 PM–21:049:04 PMavoid
Lābha21:049:04 PM–22:2010:20 PMgood
Udvega22:2010:20 PM–23:3611:36 PMavoid
Śubha23:3611:36 PM–24:5312:53 AM+1good
Amṛta24:5312:53 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1good
Cara26:092:09 AM+1–27:253:25 AM+1neutral
Roga27:253:25 AM+1–28:414:41 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:414:41 AM+1–29:585:58 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:595:59 AM to 29:585:58 AM+1

05:595:59 AM sunrise19:477:47 PM sunsetsunrise 29:585:58 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:112:11 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 18:596:59 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 17:375:37 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:321:32 PM
Bavauntil 26:112:11 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:211:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:204:20 PM–18:046:04 PM
Pradoṣa 19:477:47 PM–21:099:09 PM
Niśītha 24:2912:29 AM+1–25:171:17 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:046:04 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  6. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 48 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:099:09 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:171:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī26:11 02:112:11 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraPuṣya18:596:59 PMĀśleṣā
YogaŚūla17:375:37 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:321:32 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra29:58 05:585:58 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2061
Śaka
1926
Kali
5105
Ahargaṇa
1 864 657
Day length
13 h 48 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
11:4811:48 AM
Moonset
27:013:01 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:374:37 AM05:595:59 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:374:37 AM05:185:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:584:58 AM05:595:59 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:595:59 AM08:458:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:458:45 AM11:3011:30 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:458:45 AM09:409:40 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:269:26 AM11:1011:10 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0012:00 PM13:451:45 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2612:26 PM13:211:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:2912:29 PM13:171:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5312:53 PM14:372:37 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:162:16 PM17:025:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:113:11 PM16:074:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:204:20 PM18:046:04 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:025:02 PM19:477:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:477:47 PM21:099:09 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:477:47 PM20:088:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:477:47 PM20:488:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5211:52 PM24:3212:32 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2912:29 AM+125:171:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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