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Tuesday 12 December 2006 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:154:15 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:526:52 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:286:28 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:325:32 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4711:47 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:4711:47 AM
At noon, 11:4711:47 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 267° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 267° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:414:41 AM–05:345:34 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:085:08 AM–06:286:28 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:4610:46 AM–12:3312:33 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:0812:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:331:33 PM–14:152:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:055:05 PM–17:325:32 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:055:05 PM–18:266:26 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:358:35 AM–09:189:18 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:079:07 AM–10:2710:27 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4711:47 AM–13:061:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:262:26 PM–15:463:46 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2710:27 PM–23:2011:20 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya26:042:04 AM+1–27:533:53 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Roga06:286:28 AM–07:487:48 AMavoid
Udvega07:487:48 AM–09:079:07 AMavoid
Cara09:079:07 AM–10:2710:27 AMneutral
Lābha10:2710:27 AM–11:4711:47 AMgood
Amṛta11:4711:47 AM–13:061:06 PMgood
Kāla13:061:06 PM–14:262:26 PMavoid
Śubha14:262:26 PM–15:463:46 PMgood
Roga15:463:46 PM–17:055:05 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:055:05 PM–18:466:46 PMavoid
Lābha18:466:46 PM–20:268:26 PMgood
Udvega20:268:26 PM–22:0710:07 PMavoid
Śubha22:0710:07 PM–23:4711:47 PMgood
Amṛta23:4711:47 PM–25:271:27 AM+1good
Cara25:271:27 AM+1–27:083:08 AM+1neutral
Roga27:083:08 AM+1–28:484:48 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:484:48 AM+1–30:296:29 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:286:28 AM to 30:296:29 AM+1

06:286:28 AM sunrise17:055:05 PM sunsetsunrise 30:296:29 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 17:565:56 PM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 24:3112:31 AM+1
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 17:325:32 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:0812:08 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:262:26 PM–15:463:46 PM
Pradoṣa 17:055:05 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:2311:23 PM–24:1112:11 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 12:0812:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:463:46 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 37 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  7. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1112:11 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī17:565:56 PMUttara Phalgunī
YogaPrīti24:31 00:3112:31 AM WedĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaBālava17:325:32 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:29 06:296:29 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2063
Śaka
1928
Kali
5107
Ahargaṇa
1 865 616
Day length
10 h 37 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:0112:01 AM+1
Moonset
11:5211:52 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:414:41 AM06:286:28 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:414:41 AM05:345:34 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:085:08 AM06:286:28 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:286:28 AM08:358:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:358:35 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:358:35 AM09:189:18 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:079:07 AM10:2710:27 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:4610:46 AM12:3312:33 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2311:23 AM12:1112:11 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4711:47 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5012:50 PM14:582:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:331:33 PM14:152:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:262:26 PM15:463:46 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:582:58 PM17:055:05 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:055:05 PM18:526:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:055:05 PM17:325:32 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:055:05 PM18:266:26 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2710:27 PM23:2011:20 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2311:23 PM24:1112:11 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra26:042:04 AM+127:533:53 AM+1sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra
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