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Tuesday 30 December 2003 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2812:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:501:50 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:376:37 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:031:03 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:5511:55 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 h 37 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5511:55 AM
At noon, 11:5511:55 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:504:50 AM–05:435:43 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:175:17 AM–06:376:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3411:34 AM–12:1712:17 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:2412:24 PM–14:062:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:421:42 PM–14:242:24 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:145:14 PM–17:415:41 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:145:14 PM–18:346:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:448:44 AM–09:279:27 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:169:16 AM–10:3610:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5511:55 AM–13:151:15 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:352:35 PM–15:543:54 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:3510:35 PM–23:2911:29 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

Roga06:376:37 AM–07:577:57 AMavoid
Udvega07:577:57 AM–09:169:16 AMavoid
Cara09:169:16 AM–10:3610:36 AMneutral
Lābha10:3610:36 AM–11:5511:55 AMgood
Amṛta11:5511:55 AM–13:151:15 PMgood
Kāla13:151:15 PM–14:352:35 PMavoid
Śubha14:352:35 PM–15:543:54 PMgood
Roga15:543:54 PM–17:145:14 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:145:14 PM–18:546:54 PMavoid
Lābha18:546:54 PM–20:358:35 PMgood
Udvega20:358:35 PM–22:1510:15 PMavoid
Śubha22:1510:15 PM–23:5611:56 PMgood
Amṛta23:5611:56 PM–25:361:36 AM+1good
Cara25:361:36 AM+1–27:163:16 AM+1neutral
Roga27:163:16 AM+1–28:574:57 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:574:57 AM+1–30:376:37 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:376:37 AM to 30:376:37 AM+1

06:376:37 AM sunrise17:145:14 PM sunsetsunrise 30:376:37 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 25:501:50 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 17:315:31 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 15:193:19 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:031:03 PM
Bavauntil 25:501:50 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3411:34 AM–12:1712:17 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:352:35 PM–15:543:54 PM
Pradoṣa 17:145:14 PM–19:017:01 PM
Niśītha 23:3211:32 PM–24:2012:20 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:1712:17 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:543:54 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 37 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:017:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:2012:20 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī25:50 01:501:50 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā17:315:31 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān15:193:19 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:031:03 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:37 06:376:37 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 538
Day length
10 h 37 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:5511:55 AM
Moonset
24:1712:17 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:504:50 AM06:376:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:504:50 AM05:435:43 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:175:17 AM06:376:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:376:37 AM08:448:44 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:448:44 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:448:44 AM09:279:27 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:169:16 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3111:31 AM12:1912:19 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1712:17 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5511:55 AM13:151:15 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:2412:24 PM14:062:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5912:59 PM15:073:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:421:42 PM14:242:24 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:352:35 PM15:543:54 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:073:07 PM17:145:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:145:14 PM19:017:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:145:14 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:145:14 PM18:346:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:3510:35 PM23:2911:29 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3211:32 PM24:2012:20 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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