Sunday 12 August 2001 · Surat, Gujarat, India
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:101:10 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:251:25 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:231:23 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:4412:44 PM
The Sun 84° above S. Day length 12 h 54 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:166:16 AM to 30:176:17 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 25:25 01:251:25 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 15:003:00 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 22:1010:10 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:231:23 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 30:17 06:176:17 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:484:48 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:484:48 AM | 05:325:32 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:105:10 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 08:518:51 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:518:51 AM | 11:2611:26 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:589:58 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:091:09 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2012:20 PM | 13:081:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:4412:44 PM | 14:202:20 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:012:01 PM | 16:364:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:532:53 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:573:57 PM | 17:345:34 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:364:36 PM | 19:117:11 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:275:27 PM | 18:196:19 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:345:34 PM | 19:117:11 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:117:11 PM | 20:408:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:117:11 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:117:11 PM | 20:178:17 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2012:20 AM+1 | 25:081:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 27:163:16 AM+1 | 28:544:54 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |