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Thursday 15 January 2004 · Tehran, Iran

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:568:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:297:29 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:147:14 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:168:16 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:1312:13 PM

The Sun 33° above S. Day length 9 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:1312:13 PM
At noon, 12:1312:13 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Citrā, 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 muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:186:18 AM
  • Abhijit11:5411:54 AM–12:3412:34 PM
  • Amṛta kāla12:5112:51 PM–14:242:24 PM
  • Vijaya13:531:53 PM–14:332:33 PM
  • Godhūli17:135:13 PM–17:415:41 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:147:14 AM–08:298:29 AM
  • Gulika09:449:44 AM–10:5910:59 AM
  • Durmuhūrta10:3410:34 AM–11:1411:14 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:281:28 PM–14:432:43 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM–15:133:13 PM
  • Varjya24:2112:21 AM+1–25:531:53 AM+1

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

Śubha07:147:14 AM–08:298:29 AMgood
Roga08:298:29 AM–09:449:44 AMavoid
Udvega09:449:44 AM–10:5910:59 AMavoid
Cara10:5910:59 AM–12:1412:14 PMneutral
Lābha12:1412:14 PM–13:281:28 PMgood
Amṛta13:281:28 PM–14:432:43 PMgood
Kāla14:432:43 PM–15:583:58 PMavoid
Śubha15:583:58 PM–17:135:13 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:135:13 PM–18:586:58 PMgood
Cara18:586:58 PM–20:438:43 PMneutral
Roga20:438:43 PM–22:2810:28 PMavoid
Kāla22:2810:28 PM–24:1312:13 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:1312:13 AM+1–25:591:59 AM+1good
Udvega25:591:59 AM+1–27:443:44 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:443:44 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1good
Amṛta29:295:29 AM+1–31:147:14 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:147:14 AM to 31:147:14 AM+1

07:147:14 AM sunrise17:135:13 PM sunsetsunrise 31:147:14 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 19:297:29 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 19:027:02 PM
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 12:1212:12 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:168:16 AM
Kaulavauntil 19:297:29 PM
Taitilauntil 30:366:36 AM+1
Garapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5411:54 AM–12:3412:34 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:281:28 PM–14:432:43 PM
Pradoṣa 17:135:13 PM–19:057:05 PM
Niśītha 23:4911:49 PM–24:3712:37 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3412:34 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:432:43 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 59 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:057:05 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:3712:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  13. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī19:297:29 PMNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā19:027:02 PMSvātī
YogaSukarmā12:1212:12 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava08:168:16 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra31:14 07:147:14 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 554
Day length
9 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:121:12 AM+1
Moonset
11:4211:42 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:225:22 AM07:147:14 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM06:186:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM07:147:14 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:147:14 AM09:149:14 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa07:147:14 AM08:298:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava09:149:14 AM11:1411:14 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika09:449:44 AM10:5910:59 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta10:3410:34 AM11:1411:14 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:5011:50 AM12:3812:38 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:5411:54 AM12:3412:34 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla12:5112:51 PM14:242:24 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇa13:141:14 PM15:133:13 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:281:28 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya13:531:53 PM14:332:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:332:33 PM15:133:13 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:133:13 PM17:135:13 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:135:13 PM19:057:05 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:135:13 PM17:415:41 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:135:13 PM18:376:37 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:4911:49 PM24:3712:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya24:2112:21 AM+125:531:53 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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