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Wednesday 20 September 1939 · Tehran, Iran

Bhādrapada Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:401:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:382:38 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Rādhāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:505:50 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:177:17 AM

Jyeṣṭhā gives way to Mūla.

Noon

11:5811:58 AM

The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 16 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran11:5811:58 AM
At noon, 11:5811:58 AM, the Sun is in Uttara Phalgunī and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Mūla, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:164:16 AM–05:035:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:404:40 AM–05:505:50 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:002:00 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:066:06 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:066:06 PM–19:167:16 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:092:09 AM+1–27:523:52 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:227:22 AM–08:548:54 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:2610:26 AM–11:5811:58 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3311:33 AM–12:2212:22 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5811:58 AM–13:301:30 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya15:523:52 PM–17:345:34 PMa 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

Lābha05:505:50 AM–07:227:22 AMgood
Amṛta07:227:22 AM–08:548:54 AMgood
Kāla08:548:54 AM–10:2610:26 AMavoid
Śubha10:2610:26 AM–11:5811:58 AMgood
Roga11:5811:58 AM–13:301:30 PMavoid
Udvega13:301:30 PM–15:023:02 PMavoid
Cara15:023:02 PM–16:344:34 PMneutral
Lābha16:344:34 PM–18:066:06 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:066:06 PM–19:347:34 PMavoid
Śubha19:347:34 PM–21:029:02 PMgood
Amṛta21:029:02 PM–22:3010:30 PMgood
Cara22:3010:30 PM–23:5811:58 PMneutral
Roga23:5811:58 PM–25:261:26 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:261:26 AM+1–26:542:54 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:542:54 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Udvega28:234:23 AM+1–29:515:51 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:505:50 AM to 29:515:51 AM+1

05:505:50 AM sunrise18:066:06 PM sunsetsunrise 29:515:51 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:382:38 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhāuntil 07:177:17 AM
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 19:157:15 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 14:042:04 PM
Bavauntil 26:382:38 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5811:58 AM–13:301:30 PM
Pradoṣa 18:066:06 PM–19:407:40 PM
Niśītha 23:3411:34 PM–24:2212:22 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. MūlaNakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:301:30 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 16 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:407:40 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:2212:22 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī26:38 02:382:38 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraJyeṣṭhā07:177:17 AMMūla
YogaĀyuṣmān19:157:15 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi14:042:04 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra29:51 05:515:51 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1996
Śaka
1861
Kali
5040
Ahargaṇa
1 841 061
Day length
12 h 16 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
12:5312:53 PM
Moonset
23:1611:16 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:164:16 AM05:505:50 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:164:16 AM05:035:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:404:40 AM05:505:50 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:505:50 AM08:178:17 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:227:22 AM08:548:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:178:17 AM10:4410:44 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:2610:26 AM11:5811:58 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:2212:22 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:3411:34 AM12:2212:22 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5811:58 AM13:301:30 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:111:11 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:002:00 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:383:38 PM18:066:06 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra15:523:52 PM17:345:34 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:066:06 PM19:407:40 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:066:06 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:066:06 PM19:167:16 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:3411:34 PM24:2212:22 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:092:09 AM+127:523:52 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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