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February 2025 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMāgha Śukla to Phālguna ŚuklaThe month ›

Wednesday 5 February 2025 · Queens, New York, United States

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:014:01 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:062:06 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:017:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:0310:03 AM

Bharaṇī gives way to Kṛttikā.

Noon

12:0912:09 PM

The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 17 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonQueens12:0912:09 PM
At noon, 12:0912:09 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 95° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 95° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:115:11 AM–06:066:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:395:39 AM–07:017:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:521:52 PM–14:342:34 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:185:18 PM–17:465:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:185:18 PM–18:406:40 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:426:42 AM+1–32:148:14 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:188:18 AM–09:359:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:5210:52 AM–12:1012:10 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:4911:49 AM–12:3012:30 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1012:10 PM–13:271:27 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya21:319:31 PM–23:0311:03 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:017:01 AM–08:188:18 AMgood
Amṛta08:188:18 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Kāla09:359:35 AM–10:5210:52 AMavoid
Śubha10:5210:52 AM–12:1012:10 PMgood
Roga12:1012:10 PM–13:271:27 PMavoid
Udvega13:271:27 PM–14:442:44 PMavoid
Cara14:442:44 PM–16:014:01 PMneutral
Lābha16:014:01 PM–17:185:18 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega17:185:18 PM–19:017:01 PMavoid
Śubha19:017:01 PM–20:448:44 PMgood
Amṛta20:448:44 PM–22:2610:26 PMgood
Cara22:2610:26 PM–24:0912:09 AM+1neutral
Roga24:0912:09 AM+1–25:521:52 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:521:52 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:353:35 AM+1–29:175:17 AM+1good
Udvega29:175:17 AM+1–31:007:00 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:017:01 AM to 31:007:00 AM+1

07:017:01 AM sunrise17:185:18 PM sunsetsunrise 31:007:00 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 14:062:06 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇīuntil 10:0310:03 AM
Kṛttikāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śuklauntil 10:4910:49 AM
Brahmapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:062:06 PM
Bālavauntil 25:131:13 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1012:10 PM–13:271:27 PM
Pradoṣa 17:185:18 PM–19:087:08 PM
Niśītha 23:4511:45 PM–24:3312:33 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. KṛttikāNakṣatra: Bharaṇī ends.
  3. BrahmaYoga: Śukla ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:271:27 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 17 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:087:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3312:33 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī14:062:06 PMNavamī
NakṣatraBharaṇī10:0310:03 AMKṛttikā
YogaŚukla10:4910:49 AMBrahma
KaraṇaBava14:062:06 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:00 07:007:00 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 246
Day length
10 h 17 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
10:4310:43 AM
Moonset
26:072:07 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:115:11 AM07:017:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:115:11 AM06:066:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:395:39 AM07:017:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:017:01 AM09:049:04 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:188:18 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:049:04 AM11:0811:08 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:5210:52 AM12:1012:10 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:4611:46 AM12:3412:34 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:4911:49 AM12:3012:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1012:10 PM13:271:27 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:153:15 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:521:52 PM14:342:34 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:153:15 PM17:185:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:185:18 PM19:087:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:185:18 PM17:465:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:185:18 PM18:406:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra21:319:31 PM23:0311:03 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:4511:45 PM24:3312:33 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:426:42 AM+132:148:14 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
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