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Tuesday 11 March 2003 · Surat, Gujarat, India

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4711:47 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:331:33 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:526:52 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:4512:45 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:4912:49 PM

The Sun 65° above S. Day length 11 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonSurat12:4912:49 PM
At noon, 12:4912:49 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:155:15 AM–06:036:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:395:39 AM–06:526:52 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2512:25 PM–13:131:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:482:48 PM–15:363:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:466:46 PM–19:107:10 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:466:46 PM–19:597:59 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:1311:13 PM–24:5712:57 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:159:15 AM–10:0210:02 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:509:50 AM–11:2011:20 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:4712:47 PM–14:312:31 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika12:4912:49 PM–14:182:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:483:48 PM–17:175:17 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:3611:36 PM–24:2412:24 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

Roga06:526:52 AM–08:218:21 AMavoid
Udvega08:218:21 AM–09:509:50 AMavoid
Cara09:509:50 AM–11:2011:20 AMneutral
Lābha11:2011:20 AM–12:4912:49 PMgood
Amṛta12:4912:49 PM–14:182:18 PMgood
Kāla14:182:18 PM–15:483:48 PMavoid
Śubha15:483:48 PM–17:175:17 PMgood
Roga17:175:17 PM–18:466:46 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla18:466:46 PM–20:178:17 PMavoid
Lābha20:178:17 PM–21:479:47 PMgood
Udvega21:479:47 PM–23:1811:18 PMavoid
Śubha23:1811:18 PM–24:4912:49 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4912:49 AM+1–26:192:19 AM+1good
Cara26:192:19 AM+1–27:503:50 AM+1neutral
Roga27:503:50 AM+1–29:205:20 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:205:20 AM+1–30:516:51 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:526:52 AM to 30:516:51 AM+1

06:526:52 AM sunrise18:466:46 PM sunsetsunrise 30:516:51 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 25:331:33 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāpast sunrise
Yoga
Prītiuntil 19:467:46 PM
Āyuṣmānpast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:4512:45 PM
Bavauntil 25:331:33 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2512:25 PM–13:131:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:483:48 PM–17:175:17 PM
Pradoṣa 18:466:46 PM–20:238:23 PM
Niśītha 24:2512:25 AM+1–25:131:13 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 13:131:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:175:17 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 55 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:238:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ĀyuṣmānYoga: Prīti ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:131:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī25:33 01:331:33 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirāpast sunriseĀrdrā
YogaPrīti19:467:46 PMĀyuṣmān
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:4512:45 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:51 06:516:51 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2059
Śaka
1924
Kali
5103
Ahargaṇa
1 864 244
Day length
11 h 55 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
12:0112:01 PM
Moonset
25:501:50 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:155:15 AM06:526:52 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:155:15 AM06:036:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:395:39 AM06:526:52 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:526:52 AM09:159:15 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:159:15 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:159:15 AM10:0210:02 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:509:50 AM11:2011:20 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:2512:25 PM13:131:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2512:25 PM13:131:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:4712:47 PM14:312:31 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4912:49 PM14:182:18 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:002:00 PM16:234:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:482:48 PM15:363:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:483:48 PM17:175:17 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening16:234:23 PM18:466:46 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:466:46 PM20:238:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:466:46 PM19:107:10 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:466:46 PM19:597:59 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:1311:13 PM24:5712:57 AM+1sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:3611:36 PM24:2412:24 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:2512:25 AM+125:131:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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