Tuesday 7 October 1947 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:302:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2512:25 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:101:10 PM
Ārdrā gives way to Punarvasu.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 47 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:485:48 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 | 24:25 00:2512:25 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 13:101:10 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Parigha | 18:116:11 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:291:29 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:344:34 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:475:47 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:568:56 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:091:09 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:382:38 PM | 16:064:06 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:355:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:355:35 PM | 19:127:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:355:35 PM | 17:595:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:355:35 PM | 18:486:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2810:28 PM | 23:1711:17 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 25:571:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |