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Tuesday 27 December 1949 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:198:19 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4910:49 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:366:36 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:319:31 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 36 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:494:49 AM–05:425:42 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:165:16 AM–06:366:36 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3311:33 AM–12:1512:15 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:321:32 PM–15:203:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:401:40 PM–14:232:23 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:125:12 PM–17:395:39 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:125:12 PM–18:336:33 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:438:43 AM–09:269:26 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:159:15 AM–10:3510:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:141:14 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:332:33 PM–15:533:53 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3410:34 PM–23:2811:28 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

Roga06:366:36 AM–07:567:56 AMavoid
Udvega07:567:56 AM–09:159:15 AMavoid
Cara09:159:15 AM–10:3510:35 AMneutral
Lābha10:3510:35 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:141:14 PMgood
Kāla13:141:14 PM–14:332:33 PMavoid
Śubha14:332:33 PM–15:533:53 PMgood
Roga15:533:53 PM–17:125:12 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:125:12 PM–18:536:53 PMavoid
Lābha18:536:53 PM–20:338:33 PMgood
Udvega20:338:33 PM–22:1410:14 PMavoid
Śubha22:1410:14 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:351:35+1 AMgood
Cara25:351:35+1 AM–27:153:15+1 AMneutral
Roga27:153:15+1 AM–28:564:56+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:564:56+1 AM–30:366:36+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:366:36 AM to 30:366:36+1 AM

06:366:36 AM sunrise17:125:12 PM sunsetsunrise 30:366:36+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:4910:49 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 18:556:55 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:368:36 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 09:319:31 AM
Bavauntil 22:4910:49 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3311:33 AM–12:1512:15 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:332:33 PM–15:533:53 PM
Pradoṣa 17:125:12 PM–18:596:59 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1512:15 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:533:53 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 36 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:596:59 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  8. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī22:4910:49 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā18:556:55 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān20:368:36 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi09:319:31 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:36 06:366:36 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2006
Śaka
1871
Kali
5050
Ahargaṇa
1 844 812
Day length
10 h 36 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:5311:53 AM
Moonset
24:2212:22+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:494:49 AM06:366:36 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:494:49 AM05:425:42 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:165:16 AM06:366:36 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:366:36 AM08:438:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:438:43 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:438:43 AM09:269:26 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:159:15 AM10:3510:35 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:1512:15 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:141:14 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5812:58 PM15:053:05 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:321:32 PM15:203:20 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:401:40 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:332:33 PM15:533:53 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:053:05 PM17:125:12 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:125:12 PM18:596:59 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:125:12 PM17:395:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:125:12 PM18:336:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3410:34 PM23:2811:28 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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