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Wednesday 17 December 2003 · Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 13:001:00 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:1512:15 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:355:35 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1512:15 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 73° above S. Day length 12 h 29 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTangerang11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 276° ahead of it, in Uttara Phalgunī, 45% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 276° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:034:03 AM–04:494:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:264:26 AM–05:355:35 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:3310:33 AM–12:0812:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:541:54 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:046:04 PM–18:276:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:046:04 PM–19:137:13 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:097:09 AM–08:428:42 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:1610:16 AM–11:4911:49 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:2411:24 AM–12:1412:14 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:451:45+1 AM–27:183:18+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha05:355:35 AM–07:097:09 AMgood
Amṛta07:097:09 AM–08:428:42 AMgood
Kāla08:428:42 AM–10:1610:16 AMavoid
Śubha10:1610:16 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Roga11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PMavoid
Udvega13:231:23 PM–14:562:56 PMavoid
Cara14:562:56 PM–16:304:30 PMneutral
Lābha16:304:30 PM–18:046:04 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:046:04 PM–19:307:30 PMavoid
Śubha19:307:30 PM–20:578:57 PMgood
Amṛta20:578:57 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Cara22:2310:23 PM–23:4911:49 PMneutral
Roga23:4911:49 PM–25:161:16+1 AMavoid
Kāla25:161:16+1 AM–26:422:42+1 AMavoid
Lābha26:422:42+1 AM–28:094:09+1 AMgood
Udvega28:094:09+1 AM–29:355:35+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:355:35 AM to 29:355:35+1 AM

05:355:35 AM sunrise18:046:04 PM sunsetsunrise 29:355:35+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 12:1512:15 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunīuntil 17:405:40 PM
Hastapast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 15:473:47 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 12:1512:15 PM
Taitilauntil 23:3811:38 PM
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4911:49 AM–13:231:23 PM
Pradoṣa 18:046:04 PM–19:367:36 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13+1 AM

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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:231:23 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  5. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  6. HastaNakṣatra: Uttara Phalgunī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 12 h 29 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:367:36 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī12:1512:15 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Phalgunī17:405:40 PMHasta
YogaĀyuṣmān15:473:47 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaKaulava12:1512:15 PMTaitila
VāraBudhavāra29:35 05:355:35 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 525
Day length
12 h 29 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:4612:46+1 AM
Moonset
12:1812:18 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:034:03 AM05:355:35 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:034:03 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:264:26 AM05:355:35 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:355:35 AM08:058:05 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:097:09 AM08:428:42 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:058:05 AM10:3410:34 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:1610:16 AM11:4911:49 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:3310:33 AM12:0812:08 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:2411:24 AM12:1412:14 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:231:23 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:041:04 PM15:343:34 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:541:54 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:343:34 PM18:046:04 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:046:04 PM19:367:36 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:046:04 PM18:276:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:046:04 PM19:137:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:451:45+1 AM27:183:18+1 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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