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Thursday 27 April 2023 · Queens, New York, United States

Vaiśākha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:094:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:326:32+1 AM, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:006:00 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:205:20 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:5312:53 PM

The Sun 63° above S. Day length 13 h 47 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:5312:53 PM
At noon, 12:5312:53 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 88° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 48% 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 muhūrta04:384:38 AM–05:195:19 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:584:58 AM–06:006:00 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2612:26 PM–13:211:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:113:11 PM–16:064:06 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:135:13 PM–19:007:00 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:477:47 PM–20:078:07 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:477:47 PM–20:488:48 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:006:00 AM–07:437:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya06:276:27 AM–08:158:15 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika09:279:27 AM–11:1011:10 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta10:3610:36 AM–11:3111:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla14:372:37 PM–16:204:20 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:064:06 PM–17:015:01 PMan 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

Śubha06:006:00 AM–07:437:43 AMgood
Roga07:437:43 AM–09:279:27 AMavoid
Udvega09:279:27 AM–11:1011:10 AMavoid
Cara11:1011:10 AM–12:5312:53 PMneutral
Lābha12:5312:53 PM–14:372:37 PMgood
Amṛta14:372:37 PM–16:204:20 PMgood
Kāla16:204:20 PM–18:036:03 PMavoid
Śubha18:036:03 PM–19:477:47 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta19:477:47 PM–21:039:03 PMgood
Cara21:039:03 PM–22:2010:20 PMneutral
Roga22:2010:20 PM–23:3611:36 PMavoid
Kāla23:3611:36 PM–24:5312:53+1 AMavoid
Lābha24:5312:53+1 AM–26:092:09+1 AMgood
Udvega26:092:09+1 AM–27:263:26+1 AMavoid
Śubha27:263:26+1 AM–28:424:42+1 AMgood
Amṛta28:424:42+1 AM–29:595:59+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:006:00 AM to 29:595:59+1 AM

06:006:00 AM sunrise19:477:47 PM sunsetsunrise 29:595:59+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 24:2312:23+1 AM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 24:0812:08+1 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 17:205:20 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2612:26 PM–13:211:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:372:37 PM–16:204:20 PM
Pradoṣa 19:477:47 PM–21:089:08 PM
Niśītha 24:2912:29+1 AM–25:171:17+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:211:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:204:20 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 13 h 47 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 21:089:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  8. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 25:171:17+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraPuṣya24:23 00:2312:23 AM FriĀśleṣā
YogaŚūla24:08 00:0812:08 AM FriGaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi17:205:20 PMBava
VāraGuruvāra29:59 05:595:59 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 596
Day length
13 h 47 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
11:3811:38 AM
Moonset
26:562:56+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:384:38 AM06:006:00 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:384:38 AM05:195:19 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:584:58 AM06:006:00 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:006:00 AM08:458:45 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:006:00 AM07:437:43 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:276:27 AM08:158:15 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:458:45 AM11:3111:31 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:279:27 AM11:1011:10 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta10:3610:36 AM11:3111:31 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
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
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:162:16 PM17:015:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:372:37 PM16:204:20 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:113:11 PM16:064:06 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:064:06 PM17:015:01 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening17:015:01 PM19:477:47 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:135:13 PM19:007:00 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:477:47 PM21:089:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:477:47 PM20:078:07 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:477:47 PM20:488:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2912:29+1 AM25:171:17+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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