Monday 3 July 2006 · Queens, New York, United States
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:2611:26 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:421:42+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:295:29 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3712:37 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:001:00 PM
The Sun 72° above S. Day length 15 h 00 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
05:295:29 AM to 29:305:30+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 25:42 01:421:42 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:00 00:0012:00 AM Mon | Citrā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 27:29 03:293:29 AM Tue | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:3712:37 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:30 05:305:30 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:174:17 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:174:17 AM | 04:534:53 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:295:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:295:29 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:316:31 AM | 08:198:19 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:227:22 AM | 09:149:14 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:2911:29 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0711:07 AM | 12:5912:59 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2912:29 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3512:35 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:291:29 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:302:30 PM | 17:305:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:522:52 PM | 16:454:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:303:30 PM | 16:304:30 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:304:30 PM | 17:305:30 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:175:17 PM | 19:047:04 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:305:30 PM | 20:308:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:308:30 PM | 21:429:42 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:308:30 PM | 20:488:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:308:30 PM | 21:249:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3612:36+1 AM | 25:241:24+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |