Saturday 5 July 2014 · Tehran, Iran
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:493:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:594:59 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:545:54 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:294:29 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:091:09 PM
The Sun 77° above S. Day length 14 h 29 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
05:545:54 AM to 29:555:55 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Sun | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 24:11 00:1112:11 AM Sun | Citrā |
| Yoga | Parigha | 24:49 00:4912:49 AM Sun | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:294:29 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:384:38 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:384:38 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:574:57 AM | 05:545:54 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:545:54 AM | 08:488:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 05:545:54 AM | 07:437:43 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 05:545:54 AM | 06:526:52 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 06:526:52 AM | 07:507:50 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:197:19 AM | 09:039:03 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:488:48 AM | 11:4211:42 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 11:2011:20 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:362:36 PM | 17:305:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:572:57 PM | 16:464:46 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:343:34 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:305:30 PM | 20:238:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:425:42 PM | 19:267:26 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:238:23 PM | 21:409:40 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:238:23 PM | 20:428:42 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:238:23 PM | 21:219:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |