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Friday 10 January 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:285:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:048:04 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

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

18:456:45 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:4612:46 PM

The Sun 47° above S. Day length 10 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4612:46 PM
At noon, 12:4612:46 PM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Revatī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:345:34 AM–06:266:26 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:006:00 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2412:24 PM–13:081:08 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:352:35 PM–15:193:19 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:146:14 PM–18:406:40 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:146:14 PM–19:327:32 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:1212:12 AM+1–26:002:00 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika08:408:40 AM–10:0210:02 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta09:299:29 AM–10:1310:13 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:2411:24 AM–12:4612:46 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:081:08 PM–13:521:52 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya13:241:24 PM–15:123:12 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa15:303:30 PM–16:524:52 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–08:408:40 AMneutral
Lābha08:408:40 AM–10:0210:02 AMgood
Amṛta10:0210:02 AM–11:2411:24 AMgood
Kāla11:2411:24 AM–12:4612:46 PMavoid
Śubha12:4612:46 PM–14:082:08 PMgood
Roga14:082:08 PM–15:303:30 PMavoid
Udvega15:303:30 PM–16:524:52 PMavoid
Cara16:524:52 PM–18:146:14 PMneutral

Night sunset to sunrise

Roga18:146:14 PM–19:527:52 PMavoid
Kāla19:527:52 PM–21:309:30 PMavoid
Lābha21:309:30 PM–23:0811:08 PMgood
Udvega23:0811:08 PM–24:4612:46 AM+1avoid
Śubha24:4612:46 AM+1–26:242:24 AM+1good
Amṛta26:242:24 AM+1–28:024:02 AM+1good
Cara28:024:02 AM+1–29:405:40 AM+1neutral
Roga29:405:40 AM+1–31:197:19 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:197:19 AM+1

07:187:18 AM sunrise18:146:14 PM sunsetsunrise 31:197:19 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 26:542:54 AM+1
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 27:323:32 AM+1
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 18:456:45 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:2411:24 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Abhijit 12:2412:24 PM–13:081:08 PM
Pradoṣa 18:146:14 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 24:2212:22 AM+1–25:101:10 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. Śukravāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:4612:46 PM. Eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:081:08 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 10 h 55 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 25:101:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  9. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  10. SunriseŚanivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī26:54 02:542:54 AM SatAśvinī
YogaŚiva27:32 03:323:32 AM SatSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi18:456:45 PMBava
VāraŚukravāra31:19 07:197:19 AM SatŚanivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 184
Day length
10 h 55 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:2612:26 PM
Moonset
24:5612:56 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:345:34 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:345:34 AM06:266:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:006:00 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:299:29 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:408:40 AM10:0210:02 AMeighth no. 2 on Śukravāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:299:29 AM11:4111:41 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:299:29 AM10:1310:13 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:2411:24 AM12:4612:46 PMeighth no. 4 on Śukravāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2212:22 PM13:101:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2412:24 PM13:081:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:081:08 PM13:521:52 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:241:24 PM15:123:12 PMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:521:52 PM16:034:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:352:35 PM15:193:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day15:303:30 PM16:524:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Śukravāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:034:03 PM18:146:14 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:146:14 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:146:14 PM18:406:40 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:146:14 PM19:327:32 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:1212:12 AM+126:002:00 AM+1sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight24:2212:22 AM+125:101:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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