Thursday 9 October 1997 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:473:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:472:47+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:495:49 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:223:22 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:4011:40 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 11 h 43 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
05:495:49 AM to 29:495:49+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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 26:47 02:472:47 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 22:5310:53 PM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 23:5211:52 PM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:223:22 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:49 05:495:49 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:594:59 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:354:35 AM | 05:495:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:495:49 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:495:49 AM | 07:167:16 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:368:36 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:1210:12 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:439:43 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0412:04 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:081:08 PM | 14:362:36 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:371:37 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:242:24 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:325:32 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:325:32 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:325:32 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:325:32 PM | 18:466:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:076:07 PM | 19:427:42 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |