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Tuesday 22 April 2014 · Tehran, Iran

Caitra Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:291:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1311:13 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

06:236:23 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:2212:22 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:031:03 PM

The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 19 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran13:031:03 PM
At noon, 13:031:03 PM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Uttarāṣāḍhā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 270° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:584:58 AM–05:415:41 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:195:19 AM–06:236:23 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla09:399:39 AM–11:0911:09 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:3612:36 PM–13:301:30 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya15:163:16 PM–16:104:10 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli19:437:43 PM–20:048:04 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:437:43 PM–20:478:47 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:234:23 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:039:03 AM–09:579:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:439:43 AM–11:2311:23 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika13:031:03 PM–14:432:43 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla16:234:23 PM–18:036:03 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya19:247:24 PM–20:548:54 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:5911:59 PM–24:4112:41 AM+1an 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

Roga06:236:23 AM–08:038:03 AMavoid
Udvega08:038:03 AM–09:439:43 AMavoid
Cara09:439:43 AM–11:2311:23 AMneutral
Lābha11:2311:23 AM–13:031:03 PMgood
Amṛta13:031:03 PM–14:432:43 PMgood
Kāla14:432:43 PM–16:234:23 PMavoid
Śubha16:234:23 PM–18:036:03 PMgood
Roga18:036:03 PM–19:437:43 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla19:437:43 PM–21:039:03 PMavoid
Lābha21:039:03 PM–22:2310:23 PMgood
Udvega22:2310:23 PM–23:4311:43 PMavoid
Śubha23:4311:43 PM–25:031:03 AM+1good
Amṛta25:031:03 AM+1–26:222:22 AM+1good
Cara26:222:22 AM+1–27:423:42 AM+1neutral
Roga27:423:42 AM+1–29:025:02 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:025:02 AM+1–30:226:22 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:236:23 AM to 30:226:22 AM+1

06:236:23 AM sunrise19:437:43 PM sunsetsunrise 30:226:22 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1311:13 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttarāṣāḍhāuntil 15:393:39 PM
Śravaṇapast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 23:4611:46 PM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:2212:22 PM
Kaulavauntil 23:1311:13 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:3612:36 PM–13:301:30 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:234:23 PM–18:036:03 PM
Pradoṣa 19:437:43 PM–21:089:08 PM
Niśītha 24:3912:39 AM+1–25:271:27 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 13:301:30 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. ŚravaṇaNakṣatra: Uttarāṣāḍhā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 18:036:03 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 19 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 21:089:08 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  10. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:271:27 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī23:1311:13 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttarāṣāḍhā15:393:39 PMŚravaṇa
YogaSādhya23:4611:46 PMŚubha
KaraṇaBālava12:2212:22 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:22 06:226:22 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Vaiśākha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2071
Śaka
1936
Kali
5115
Ahargaṇa
1 868 304
Day length
13 h 19 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
26:262:26 AM+1
Moonset
12:3112:31 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:584:58 AM06:236:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:584:58 AM05:415:41 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:195:19 AM06:236:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:236:23 AM09:039:03 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:039:03 AM11:4311:43 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:039:03 AM09:579:57 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra09:399:39 AM11:0911:09 AMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:439:43 AM11:2311:23 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:3612:36 PM13:301:30 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday12:3912:39 PM13:271:27 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:031:03 PM14:432:43 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:232:23 PM17:035:03 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory15:163:16 PM16:104:10 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:234:23 PM18:036:03 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening17:035:03 PM19:437:43 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra19:247:24 PM20:548:54 PMsixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk19:437:43 PM21:089:08 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset19:437:43 PM20:048:04 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight19:437:43 PM20:478:47 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:5911:59 PM24:4112:41 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:3912:39 AM+125:271:27 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:234:23 AM+129:535:53 AM+1sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
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