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Friday 28 January 2000 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4512:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:192:19+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:271:27 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:5112:51 PM

The Sun 50° above S. Day length 11 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:5112:51 PM
At noon, 12:5112:51 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Svātī, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 270° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:355:35 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:006:00 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2912:29 PM–13:141:14 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:432:43 PM–15:273:27 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:014:01 PM–17:455:45 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:266:26 PM–18:516:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:266:26 PM–19:437:43 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika08:418:41 AM–10:0510:05 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:319:31 AM–10:1610:16 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:2811:28 AM–12:5212:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:141:14 PM–13:581:58 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:393:39 PM–17:025:02 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Cara07:187:18 AM–08:418:41 AMneutral
Lābha08:418:41 AM–10:0510:05 AMgood
Amṛta10:0510:05 AM–11:2811:28 AMgood
Kāla11:2811:28 AM–12:5212:52 PMavoid
Śubha12:5212:52 PM–14:152:15 PMgood
Roga14:152:15 PM–15:393:39 PMavoid
Udvega15:393:39 PM–17:025:02 PMavoid
Cara17:025:02 PM–18:266:26 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:266:26 PM–20:028:02 PMavoid
Kāla20:028:02 PM–21:399:39 PMavoid
Lābha21:399:39 PM–23:1511:15 PMgood
Udvega23:1511:15 PM–24:5112:51+1 AMavoid
Śubha24:5112:51+1 AM–26:282:28+1 AMgood
Amṛta26:282:28+1 AM–28:044:04+1 AMgood
Cara28:044:04+1 AM–29:415:41+1 AMneutral
Roga29:415:41+1 AM–31:177:17+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17+1 AM

07:187:18 AM sunrise18:266:26 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 25:331:33+1 AM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 17:395:39 PM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:271:27 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:192:19+1 AM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:2811:28 AM–12:5212:52 PM
Abhijit 12:2912:29 PM–13:141:14 PM
Pradoṣa 18:266:26 PM–20:088:08 PM
Niśītha 24:2712:27+1 AM–25:151:15+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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5212:52 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:141:14 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 08 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:088:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:151:15+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:19 02:192:19 AM SatNavamī
NakṣatraSvātī25:33 01:331:33 AM SatViśākhā
YogaŚūla17:395:39 PMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava13:271:27 PMKaulava
VāraŚukravāra31:17 07:177:17 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2056
Śaka
1921
Kali
5100
Ahargaṇa
1 863 106
Day length
11 h 08 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
25:201:20+1 AM
Moonset
12:2212:22 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:355:35 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:355:35 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:006:00 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:319:31 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:418:41 AM10:0510:05 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:319:31 AM11:4511:45 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:319:31 AM10:1610:16 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:2811:28 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2812:28 PM13:161:16 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2912:29 PM13:141:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:141:14 PM13:581:58 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:581:58 PM16:124:12 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:432:43 PM15:273:27 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:393:39 PM17:025:02 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:014:01 PM17:455:45 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:124:12 PM18:266:26 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:266:26 PM20:088:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:266:26 PM18:516:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:266:26 PM19:437:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:2712:27+1 AM25:151:15+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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