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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:543:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 13:571:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:396:39 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:571:57 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:5911:59 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonRiyadh11:5911:59 AM
At noon, 11:5911:59 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 95° ahead of it, in Revatī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 95° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:524:52 AM–05:465:46 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:195:19 AM–06:396:39 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3811:38 AM–12:2112:21 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla13:041:04 PM–14:352:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:461:46 PM–14:292:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:205:20 PM–17:475:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:205:20 PM–18:406:40 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:478:47 AM–09:309:30 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:199:19 AM–10:3910:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:0012:00 PM–13:201:20 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:402:40 PM–16:004:00 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:4010:40 PM–23:3311:33 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

Roga06:396:39 AM–07:597:59 AMavoid
Udvega07:597:59 AM–09:199:19 AMavoid
Cara09:199:19 AM–10:3910:39 AMneutral
Lābha10:3910:39 AM–12:0012:00 PMgood
Amṛta12:0012:00 PM–13:201:20 PMgood
Kāla13:201:20 PM–14:402:40 PMavoid
Śubha14:402:40 PM–16:004:00 PMgood
Roga16:004:00 PM–17:205:20 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:205:20 PM–19:007:00 PMavoid
Lābha19:007:00 PM–20:408:40 PMgood
Udvega20:408:40 PM–22:2010:20 PMavoid
Śubha22:2010:20 PM–24:0012:00+1 AMgood
Amṛta24:0012:00+1 AM–25:391:39+1 AMgood
Cara25:391:39+1 AM–27:193:19+1 AMneutral
Roga27:193:19+1 AM–28:594:59+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:594:59+1 AM–30:396:39+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:396:39 AM to 30:396:39+1 AM

06:396:39 AM sunrise17:205:20 PM sunsetsunrise 30:396:39+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 13:571:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 15:203:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 20:468:46 PM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:571:57 PM
Bālavauntil 24:5712:57+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3811:38 AM–12:2112:21 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:402:40 PM–16:004:00 PM
Pradoṣa 17:205:20 PM–19:067:06 PM
Niśītha 23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24+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. AbhijitUntil 12:2112:21 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:004:00 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 10 h 41 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:067:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:2412:24+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī13:571:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī15:203:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva20:468:46 PMSiddha
KaraṇaBava13:571:57 PMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:39 06:396:39 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
10 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:4611:46 AM
Moonset
24:5312:53+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:524:52 AM06:396:39 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:524:52 AM05:465:46 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:195:19 AM06:396:39 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:396:39 AM08:478:47 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:478:47 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:478:47 AM09:309:30 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:199:19 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3611:36 AM12:2412:24 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3811:38 AM12:2112:21 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:0012:00 PM13:201:20 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:123:12 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:041:04 PM14:352:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:461:46 PM14:292:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:402:40 PM16:004:00 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:123:12 PM17:205:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:205:20 PM19:067:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:205:20 PM17:475:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:205:20 PM18:406:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:4010:40 PM23:3311:33 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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