Friday 17 April 2009 · Tehran, Iran
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:504:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:207:20 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:066:06 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:041:04 PM
The Sun 65° above S. Day length 13 h 09 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:286:28 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Siddha | 23:0211:02 PM | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 18:066:06 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:28 06:286:28 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:035:03 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:035:03 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:245:24 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:088:08 AM | 09:479:47 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 11:4511:45 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:079:07 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2511:25 AM | 13:041:04 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5212:52 PM | 14:402:40 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:301:30 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:232:23 PM | 17:015:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:163:16 PM | 16:084:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:224:22 PM | 18:006:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:015:01 PM | 19:397:39 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:397:39 PM | 21:059:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:397:39 PM | 20:018:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:397:39 PM | 20:448:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4011:40 PM | 25:291:29 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | 25:281:28 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |