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Tuesday 15 May 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Vaiśākha Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:262:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:534:53 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:016:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:413:41 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 88° above S. Day length 13 h 08 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Kṛttikā and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:185:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:564:56 AM–06:016:01 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0912:09 PM–13:011:01 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:462:46 PM–15:393:39 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:553:55 PM–17:435:43 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli19:097:09 PM–19:317:31 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:097:09 PM–20:148:14 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:398:39 AM–09:319:31 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:189:18 AM–10:5710:57 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:3512:35 PM–14:142:14 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:523:52 PM–17:315:31 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:3011:30 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1an 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

Roga06:016:01 AM–07:407:40 AMavoid
Udvega07:407:40 AM–09:189:18 AMavoid
Cara09:189:18 AM–10:5710:57 AMneutral
Lābha10:5710:57 AM–12:3512:35 PMgood
Amṛta12:3512:35 PM–14:142:14 PMgood
Kāla14:142:14 PM–15:523:52 PMavoid
Śubha15:523:52 PM–17:315:31 PMgood
Roga17:315:31 PM–19:097:09 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:097:09 PM–20:318:31 PMavoid
Lābha20:318:31 PM–21:529:52 PMgood
Udvega21:529:52 PM–23:1311:13 PMavoid
Śubha23:1311:13 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1good
Amṛta24:3512:35 AM+1–25:561:56 AM+1good
Cara25:561:56 AM+1–27:183:18 AM+1neutral
Roga27:183:18 AM+1–28:394:39 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:394:39 AM+1–30:016:01 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:016:01 AM to 30:016:01 AM+1

06:016:01 AM sunrise19:097:09 PM sunsetsunrise 30:016:01 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 28:534:53 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 27:363:36 AM+1
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Brahmauntil 19:037:03 PM
Indrapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:413:41 PM
Kaulavauntil 28:534:53 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0912:09 PM–13:011:01 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:523:52 PM–17:315:31 PM
Pradoṣa 19:097:09 PM–20:368:36 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11 AM+1–24:5912:59 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 13:011:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:315:31 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. IndraYoga: Brahma ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 08 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:368:36 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī28:53 04:534:53 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā27:36 03:363:36 AM WedŚatabhiṣā
YogaBrahma19:037:03 PMIndra
KaraṇaBālava15:413:41 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:01 06:016:01 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Vaiśākha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Jyeṣṭha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2058
Śaka
1923
Kali
5102
Ahargaṇa
1 863 579
Day length
13 h 08 m
Sun in
Vṛṣabha
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
25:431:43 AM+1
Moonset
12:2312:23 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:344:34 AM06:016:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:344:34 AM05:185:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:564:56 AM06:016:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:016:01 AM08:398:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:398:39 AM11:1611:16 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:398:39 AM09:319:31 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:189:18 AM10:5710:57 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0912:09 PM13:011:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:1112:11 PM12:5912:59 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:3512:35 PM14:142:14 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:541:54 PM16:324:32 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:462:46 PM15:393:39 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:523:52 PM17:315:31 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:553:55 PM17:435:43 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening16:324:32 PM19:097:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk19:097:09 PM20:368:36 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:097:09 PM19:317:31 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:097:09 PM20:148:14 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3011:30 PM24:1312:13 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11 AM+124:5912:59 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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