Monday 8 June 2026 · Queens, New York, United States
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:555:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:545:54 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:255:25 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:016:01 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:5412:54 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
05:255:25 AM to 29:245:24 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 | 17:545:54 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 24:10 00:1012:10 AM Tue | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Prīti | 22:4910:49 PM | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 06:016:01 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:24 05:245:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:124:12 AM | 05:255:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:124:12 AM | 04:494:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:255:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:255:25 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:126:12 AM | 07:507:50 AM | sixtieths 17 to 20 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:177:17 AM | 09:109:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 11:0211:02 AM | 12:5512:55 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:2512:25 PM | 13:251:25 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3112:31 PM | 13:191:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:251:25 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:252:25 PM | 17:255:25 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:472:47 PM | 16:404:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:253:25 PM | 16:254:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:004:00 PM | 17:385:38 PM | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:254:25 PM | 17:255:25 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:255:25 PM | 20:258:25 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:258:25 PM | 21:379:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:258:25 PM | 20:438:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:258:25 PM | 21:199:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3012:30 AM+1 | 25:181:18 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |