Monday 20 December 1943 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:0210:02 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:0912:09 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:386:38 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:0611:06 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:5611:56 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 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
06:386:38 AM to 30:396:39+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 12:0912:09 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 11:0611:06 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Tue | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Kaulava | 12:0912:09 PM | Taitila |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:39 06:396:39 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:386:38 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:455:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:185:18 AM | 06:386:38 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:386:38 AM | 08:468:46 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:179:17 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:468:46 AM | 10:5310:53 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3211:32 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:001:00 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:001:00 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:161:16 PM | 14:352:35 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:252:25 PM | 15:073:07 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:073:07 PM | 17:145:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:145:14 PM | 19:027:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:145:14 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:145:14 PM | 18:356:35 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:128:12 PM | 21:569:56 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3311:33 PM | 24:2112:21+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:366:36+1 AM | 32:208:20+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |