Monday 28 April 2008 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:384:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:355:35 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:205:20 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:256:25 AM
Sādhya gives way to Śubha.
Noon
11:5111:51 AM
The Sun 80° above S. Day length 13 h 01 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
05:205:20 AM to 29:195:19 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 08:118:11 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 06:256:25 AM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:125:12 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:19 05:195:19 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:523:52 AM | 05:205:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:523:52 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:144:14 AM | 05:205:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:205:20 AM | 07:567:56 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:586:58 AM | 08:358:35 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:567:56 AM | 10:3310:33 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2711:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:072:07 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:091:09 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:281:28 PM | 15:063:06 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:012:01 PM | 14:532:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:532:53 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:453:45 PM | 18:216:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:216:21 PM | 19:497:49 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:216:21 PM | 18:436:43 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:216:21 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3710:37 PM | 24:1912:19 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2611:26 PM | 24:1412:14 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |