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Wednesday 31 December 2003 · Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 06:286:28 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:507:50 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:067:06 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:507:50 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:3711:37 AM

The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 02 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSapporo11:3711:37 AM
At noon, 11:3711:37 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 98° ahead of it, in Revatī, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 98° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:065:06 AM–06:066:06 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–07:067:06 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:081:08 PM–13:441:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:084:08 PM–16:384:38 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:084:08 PM–17:385:38 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:1211:12 PM–24:5712:57+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:148:14 AM–09:229:22 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:3010:30 AM–11:3711:37 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:1911:19 AM–11:5511:55 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:3711:37 AM–12:4512:45 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:4012:40 PM–14:262:26 PMa 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

Lābha07:067:06 AM–08:148:14 AMgood
Amṛta08:148:14 AM–09:229:22 AMgood
Kāla09:229:22 AM–10:3010:30 AMavoid
Śubha10:3010:30 AM–11:3711:37 AMgood
Roga11:3711:37 AM–12:4512:45 PMavoid
Udvega12:4512:45 PM–13:531:53 PMavoid
Cara13:531:53 PM–15:013:01 PMneutral
Lābha15:013:01 PM–16:084:08 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:084:08 PM–18:016:01 PMavoid
Śubha18:016:01 PM–19:537:53 PMgood
Amṛta19:537:53 PM–21:459:45 PMgood
Cara21:459:45 PM–23:3711:37 PMneutral
Roga23:3711:37 PM–25:301:30+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:301:30+1 AM–27:223:22+1 AMavoid
Lābha27:223:22+1 AM–29:145:14+1 AMgood
Udvega29:145:14+1 AM–31:067:06+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:067:06 AM to 31:067:06+1 AM

07:067:06 AM sunrise16:084:08 PM sunsetsunrise 31:067:06+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 07:507:50 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 25:501:50+1 AM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Parighauntil 21:319:31 PM
Śivapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 07:507:50 AM
Bālavauntil 20:468:46 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:3711:37 AM–12:4512:45 PM
Pradoṣa 16:084:08 PM–18:086:08 PM
Niśītha 23:1311:13 PM–24:0112:01+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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4512:45 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 02 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:086:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  8. ŚivaYoga: Parigha ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0112:01+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī07:507:50 AMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī25:50 01:501:50 AM ThuAśvinī
YogaParigha21:319:31 PMŚiva
KaraṇaBava07:507:50 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:06 07:067:06 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 539
Day length
9 h 02 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:5111:51 AM
Moonset
24:5012:50+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:065:06 AM07:067:06 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:065:06 AM06:066:06 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM07:067:06 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:067:06 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:148:14 AM09:229:22 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM10:4310:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:3010:30 AM11:3711:37 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1311:13 AM12:0112:01 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:1911:19 AM11:5511:55 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:3711:37 AM12:4512:45 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3212:32 PM14:202:20 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:4012:40 PM14:262:26 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:081:08 PM13:441:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:202:20 PM16:084:08 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:084:08 PM18:086:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:084:08 PM16:384:38 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:084:08 PM17:385:38 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:1211:12 PM24:5712:57+1 AMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:1311:13 PM24:0112:01+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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