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Tuesday 8 November 2016 · Tehran, Iran

Kārtika Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:1011:10 AM yesterday, and holds until 11:2111:21 AM.

Observed here on this day

Durgā Navamī

Navamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:346:34 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:2111:21 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4811:48 AM

The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 28 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran11:4811:48 AM
At noon, 11:4811:48 AM, the Sun is in Viśākhā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Dhaniṣṭhā, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:464:46 AM–05:405:40 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:135:13 AM–06:346:34 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2711:27 AM–12:0912:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:331:33 PM–14:152:15 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla16:044:04 PM–17:425:42 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli17:025:02 PM–17:295:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:025:02 PM–18:236:23 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:398:39 AM–09:219:21 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:119:11 AM–10:2910:29 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4811:48 AM–13:061:06 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:252:25 PM–15:443:44 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:2710:27 PM–23:2111:21 PMan 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

Roga06:346:34 AM–07:527:52 AMavoid
Udvega07:527:52 AM–09:119:11 AMavoid
Cara09:119:11 AM–10:2910:29 AMneutral
Lābha10:2910:29 AM–11:4811:48 AMgood
Amṛta11:4811:48 AM–13:061:06 PMgood
Kāla13:061:06 PM–14:252:25 PMavoid
Śubha14:252:25 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Roga15:443:44 PM–17:025:02 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:025:02 PM–18:446:44 PMavoid
Lābha18:446:44 PM–20:258:25 PMgood
Udvega20:258:25 PM–22:0710:07 PMavoid
Śubha22:0710:07 PM–23:4811:48 PMgood
Amṛta23:4811:48 PM–25:301:30+1 AMgood
Cara25:301:30+1 AM–27:123:12+1 AMneutral
Roga27:123:12+1 AM–28:534:53+1 AMavoid
Kāla28:534:53+1 AM–30:356:35+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:346:34 AM to 30:356:35+1 AM

06:346:34 AM sunrise17:025:02 PM sunsetsunrise 30:356:35+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 11:2111:21 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhāuntil 26:372:37+1 AM
Śatabhiṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vṛddhiuntil 21:469:46 PM
Dhruvapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:2111:21 AM
Bālavauntil 23:0911:09 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2711:27 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:252:25 PM–15:443:44 PM
Pradoṣa 17:025:02 PM–18:506:50 PM
Niśītha 23:2411:24 PM–24:1212:12+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:443:44 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 10 h 28 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:506:50 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. DhruvaYoga: Vṛddhi ends.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1212:12+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚatabhiṣāNakṣatra: Dhaniṣṭhā ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī11:2111:21 AMNavamī
NakṣatraDhaniṣṭhā26:37 02:372:37 AM WedŚatabhiṣā
YogaVṛddhi21:469:46 PMDhruva
KaraṇaBava11:2111:21 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra30:35 06:356:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Kārtika
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 235
Day length
10 h 28 m
Sun in
Tulā
Moon in
Makara
Moonrise
13:111:11 PM
Moonset
24:2212:22+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:464:46 AM06:346:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:464:46 AM05:405:40 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:135:13 AM06:346:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:346:34 AM08:398:39 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:398:39 AM10:4510:45 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:398:39 AM09:219:21 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:119:11 AM10:2910:29 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2411:24 AM12:1212:12 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2711:27 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4811:48 AM13:061:06 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:562:56 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:331:33 PM14:152:15 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:252:25 PM15:443:44 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:562:56 PM17:025:02 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra16:044:04 PM17:425:42 PMsixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:025:02 PM18:506:50 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:025:02 PM17:295:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:025:02 PM18:236:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2710:27 PM23:2111:21 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2411:24 PM24:1212:12+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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