Thursday 5 October 2000 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4412:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:183:18 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4912:49 PM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 11 h 49 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 29:475:47 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 27:18 03:183:18 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 12:4912:49 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:591:59 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 29:47 05:475:47 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
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 | 04:584:58 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 |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:475:47 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 |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:448:44 AM | 10:1310:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:439:43 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1811:18 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:101:10 PM | 14:382:38 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:391:39 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:032:03 PM | 15:513:51 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:365:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:365:36 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:365:36 PM | 18:006:00 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:365:36 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 26:412:41 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |