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Tuesday 5 December 2023 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:307:30 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:0810:08 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:236:23 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:498:49 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4411:44 AM

The Sun 43° above S. Day length 10 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:4411:44 AM
At noon, 11:4411:44 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 271° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:374:37 AM–05:305:30 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:035:03 AM–06:236:23 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:301:30 PM–14:132:13 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:045:04 PM–17:305:30 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:045:04 PM–18:246:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:555:55 PM–19:437:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:067:06 AM–08:548:54 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta08:318:31 AM–09:149:14 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:039:03 AM–10:2310:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:242:24 PM–15:443:44 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2410:24 PM–23:1711:17 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

Roga06:236:23 AM–07:437:43 AMavoid
Udvega07:437:43 AM–09:039:03 AMavoid
Cara09:039:03 AM–10:2310:23 AMneutral
Lābha10:2310:23 AM–11:4311:43 AMgood
Amṛta11:4311:43 AM–13:041:04 PMgood
Kāla13:041:04 PM–14:242:24 PMavoid
Śubha14:242:24 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Roga15:443:44 PM–17:045:04 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:045:04 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid
Lābha18:446:44 PM–20:248:24 PMgood
Udvega20:248:24 PM–22:0410:04 PMavoid
Śubha22:0410:04 PM–23:4411:44 PMgood
Amṛta23:4411:44 PM–25:241:24+1 AMgood
Cara25:241:24+1 AM–27:043:04+1 AMneutral
Roga27:043:04+1 AM–28:444:44+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:444:44+1 AM–30:246:24+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:236:23 AM to 30:246:24+1 AM

06:236:23 AM sunrise17:045:04 PM sunsetsunrise 30:246:24+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:0810:08 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 25:081:08+1 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 20:128:12 PM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:498:49 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:0810:08 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2211:22 AM–12:0512:05 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:242:24 PM–15:443:44 PM
Pradoṣa 17:045:04 PM–18:506:50 PM
Niśītha 23:2011:20 PM–24:0812:08+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0512:05 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:443:44 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 10 h 41 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:506:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0812:08+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī22:0810:08 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī25:08 01:081:08 AM WedUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha20:128:12 PMPrīti
KaraṇaBālava08:498:49 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:24 06:246:24 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 818
Day length
10 h 41 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:1512:15+1 AM
Moonset
12:2112:21 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:374:37 AM06:236:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:374:37 AM05:305:30 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:035:03 AM06:236:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:236:23 AM08:318:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:067:06 AM08:548:54 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:318:31 AM10:3910:39 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:318:31 AM09:149:14 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:039:03 AM10:2310:23 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1911:19 AM12:0712:07 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2211:22 AM12:0512:05 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4311:43 AM13:041:04 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4812:48 PM14:562:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:301:30 PM14:132:13 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:242:24 PM15:443:44 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:562:56 PM17:045:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:045:04 PM18:506:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:045:04 PM17:305:30 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:045:04 PM18:246:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:555:55 PM19:437:43 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2410:24 PM23:1711:17 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2011:20 PM24:0812:08+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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