Tuesday 7 October 2008 · Tehran, Iran
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:2211:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:411:41+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:046:04 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3412:34 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5211:52 AM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 35 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
06:046:04 AM to 30:056:05+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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 25:41 01:411:41 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:58 00:5812:58 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 29:17 05:175:17 AM Wed | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:3412:34 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:05 06:056:05 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:254:25 AM | 06:046:04 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:254:25 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:504:50 AM | 06:046:04 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:046:04 AM | 08:238:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:238:23 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:238:23 AM | 09:109:10 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:528:52 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:588:58 AM | 10:2510:25 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2811:28 AM | 12:1612:16 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5211:52 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:124:12 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:395:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:395:39 PM | 19:197:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:395:39 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:395:39 PM | 18:546:54 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:367:36 PM | 21:239:23 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3810:38 PM | 23:2711:27 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |