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Tuesday 2 December 1969 · Tehran, Iran

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:156:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:178:17 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:576:57 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:207:20 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:5411:54 AM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 54 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran11:5411:54 AM
At noon, 11:5411:54 AM, the Sun is in Anurādhā and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:045:04 AM–06:006:00 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:325:32 AM–06:576:57 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3411:34 AM–12:1312:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:331:33 PM–14:122:12 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:514:51 PM–17:195:19 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:514:51 PM–18:156:15 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla20:388:38 PM–22:2310:23 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:558:55 AM–09:359:35 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:259:25 AM–10:3910:39 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya10:0510:05 AM–11:5111:51 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:222:22 PM–15:363:36 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2910:29 PM–23:2611:26 PMan 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

Roga06:576:57 AM–08:118:11 AMavoid
Udvega08:118:11 AM–09:259:25 AMavoid
Cara09:259:25 AM–10:3910:39 AMneutral
Lābha10:3910:39 AM–11:5411:54 AMgood
Amṛta11:5411:54 AM–13:081:08 PMgood
Kāla13:081:08 PM–14:222:22 PMavoid
Śubha14:222:22 PM–15:363:36 PMgood
Roga15:363:36 PM–16:514:51 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:514:51 PM–18:366:36 PMavoid
Lābha18:366:36 PM–20:228:22 PMgood
Udvega20:228:22 PM–22:0810:08 PMavoid
Śubha22:0810:08 PM–23:5411:54 PMgood
Amṛta23:5411:54 PM–25:401:40+1 AMgood
Cara25:401:40+1 AM–27:263:26+1 AMneutral
Roga27:263:26+1 AM–29:125:12+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:125:12+1 AM–30:576:57+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:576:57 AM to 30:576:57+1 AM

06:576:57 AM sunrise16:514:51 PM sunsetsunrise 30:576:57+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 20:178:17 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 27:393:39+1 AM
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 26:402:40+1 AM
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 07:207:20 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:178:17 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3411:34 AM–12:1312:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:222:22 PM–15:363:36 PM
Pradoṣa 16:514:51 PM–18:446:44 PM
Niśītha 23:3011:30 PM–24:1812:18+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:1312:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:363:36 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 54 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:446:44 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1812:18+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī20:178:17 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī27:39 03:393:39 AM WedUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha26:40 02:402:40 AM WedPrīti
KaraṇaBālava07:207:20 AMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:57 06:576:57 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2026
Śaka
1891
Kali
5070
Ahargaṇa
1 852 092
Day length
9 h 54 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
24:2512:25+1 AM
Moonset
12:3512:35 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:045:04 AM06:576:57 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:045:04 AM06:006:00 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:325:32 AM06:576:57 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:576:57 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM10:5410:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:558:55 AM09:359:35 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:259:25 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra10:0510:05 AM11:5111:51 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:3011:30 AM12:1812:18 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5411:54 AM13:081:08 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5312:53 PM14:522:52 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:331:33 PM14:122:12 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:222:22 PM15:363:36 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:522:52 PM16:514:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:514:51 PM18:446:44 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:514:51 PM17:195:19 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:514:51 PM18:156:15 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra20:388:38 PM22:2310:23 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2910:29 PM23:2611:26 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:3011:30 PM24:1812:18+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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