Friday 27 October 1922 · Tehran, Iran
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:214:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:325:32 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:166:16 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:548:54 AM
Dhṛti gives way to Śūla.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 42° above S. Day length 10 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 29:32 05:325:32 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 15:453:45 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Dhṛti | 08:548:54 AM | Śūla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:514:51 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:17 06:176:17 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:314:31 AM | 06:166:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:314:31 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:584:58 AM | 06:166:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:166:16 AM | 08:278:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:387:38 AM | 09:009:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:278:27 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:278:27 AM | 09:109:10 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:009:00 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:2110:21 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:592:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:321:32 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:272:27 PM | 15:483:48 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:592:59 PM | 17:105:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:105:10 PM | 18:556:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:105:10 PM | 17:365:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:105:10 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:068:06 PM | 21:509:50 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2011:20 PM | 24:0812:08 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |