Saturday 16 January 2027 · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:447:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:137:13 PM.

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At sunrise

06:016:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

Next boundary

07:357:35 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:424:42 AM–05:215:21 AM
  • Abhijit12:3612:36 PM–13:331:33 PM
  • Vijaya15:263:26 PM–16:224:22 PM
  • Godhūli20:098:09 PM–20:288:28 PM
  • Amṛta kāla22:0110:01 PM–23:3611:36 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika06:016:01 AM–07:477:47 AM
  • Durmuhūrta06:016:01 AM–06:576:57 AM
  • Durmuhūrta06:576:57 AM–07:547:54 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:339:33 AM–11:1911:19 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:512:51 PM–16:374:37 PM
  • Varjya25:111:11 AM+1–26:462:46 AM+1

Choghaḍiyā

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

  1. Kālaavoid06:016:01 AM–07:477:47 AM
  2. Śubhagood07:477:47 AM–09:339:33 AM
  3. Rogaavoid09:339:33 AM–11:1911:19 AM
  4. Udvegaavoid11:1911:19 AM–13:051:05 PM
  5. Caraneutral13:051:05 PM–14:512:51 PM
  6. Lābhagood14:512:51 PM–16:374:37 PM
  7. Amṛtagood16:374:37 PM–18:236:23 PM
  8. Kālaavoid18:236:23 PM–20:098:09 PM

Night · sunset to sunrise

  1. Lābhagood20:098:09 PM–21:239:23 PM
  2. Udvegaavoid21:239:23 PM–22:3710:37 PM
  3. Śubhagood22:3710:37 PM–23:5111:51 PM
  4. Amṛtagood23:5111:51 PM–25:051:05 AM+1
  5. Caraneutral25:051:05 AM+1–26:192:19 AM+1
  6. Rogaavoid26:192:19 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1
  7. Kālaavoid27:333:33 AM+1–28:474:47 AM+1
  8. Lābhagood28:474:47 AM+1–30:016:01 AM+1

Sunrise to sunrise

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.

06:016:01 AM sunrise20:098:09 PM sunsetsunrise 30:016:01 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:137:13 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 29:095:09 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 20:098:09 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:357:35 AM
Bavauntil 19:137:13 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:339:33 AM–11:1911:19 AM
Abhijit 12:3612:36 PM–13:331:33 PM
Pradoṣa 20:098:09 PM–21:289:28 PM
Niśītha 24:4112:41 AM+1–25:291:29 AM+1
  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1911:19 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:331:33 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 14 h 08 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 21:289:28 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:291:29 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī19:137:13 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī29:09 05:095:09 AM SunBharaṇī
YogaSiddha20:098:09 PMSādhya
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:357:35 AMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:01 06:016:01 AM SunRavivāra

Windows

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:424:42 AM06:016:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:424:42 AM05:215:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:015:01 AM06:016:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:016:01 AM08:508:50 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika06:016:01 AM07:477:47 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta06:016:01 AM06:576:57 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta06:576:57 AM07:547:54 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava08:508:50 AM11:4011:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:339:33 AM11:1911:19 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijit12:3612:36 PM13:331:33 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna12:4112:41 PM13:291:29 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇa14:292:29 PM17:195:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa14:512:51 PM16:374:37 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya15:263:26 PM16:224:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna17:195:19 PM20:098:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa20:098:09 PM21:289:28 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli20:098:09 PM20:288:28 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā20:098:09 PM21:089:08 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla22:0110:01 PM23:3611:36 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha24:4112:41 AM+125:291:29 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya25:111:11 AM+126:462:46 AM+1sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2083
Śaka
1948
Kali
5127
Ahargaṇa
1 872 956
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Day length
14 h 08 m
Moonrise
13:391:39 PM
Moonset
24:2312:23 AM+1
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