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Monday 26 August 2024 · Tehran, Iran

Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:401:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2012:20 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Janmāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 38 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

05:325:32 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:5612:56 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:0612:06 PM

The Sun 64° above S. Day length 13 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonTehran12:0612:06 PM
At noon, 12:0612:06 PM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 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 muhūrta04:054:05 AM–04:494:49 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:274:27 AM–05:325:32 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:3611:36 AM–13:091:09 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:3911:39 AM–12:3212:32 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:172:17 PM–15:093:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:396:39 PM–19:017:01 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:396:39 PM–19:457:45 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla07:117:11 AM–08:498:49 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:2710:27 AM–12:0612:06 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:3212:32 PM–13:241:24 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:441:44 PM–15:223:22 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:093:09 PM–16:024:02 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

Amṛta05:325:32 AM–07:117:11 AMgood
Kāla07:117:11 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Śubha08:498:49 AM–10:2710:27 AMgood
Roga10:2710:27 AM–12:0612:06 PMavoid
Udvega12:0612:06 PM–13:441:44 PMavoid
Cara13:441:44 PM–15:223:22 PMneutral
Lābha15:223:22 PM–17:015:01 PMgood
Amṛta17:015:01 PM–18:396:39 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:396:39 PM–20:018:01 PMneutral
Roga20:018:01 PM–21:239:23 PMavoid
Kāla21:239:23 PM–22:4410:44 PMavoid
Lābha22:4410:44 PM–24:0612:06 AM+1good
Udvega24:0612:06 AM+1–25:281:28 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:281:28 AM+1–26:502:50 AM+1good
Amṛta26:502:50 AM+1–28:114:11 AM+1good
Cara28:114:11 AM+1–29:335:33 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:325:32 AM to 29:335:33 AM+1

05:325:32 AM sunrise18:396:39 PM sunsetsunrise 29:335:33 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:2012:20 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 13:551:55 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 20:178:17 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 12:5612:56 PM
Kaulavauntil 24:2012:20 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 07:117:11 AM–08:498:49 AM
Abhijit 11:3911:39 AM–12:3212:32 PM
Pradoṣa 18:396:39 PM–20:068:06 PM
Niśītha 23:4211:42 PM–24:3012:30 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 08:498:49 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3212:32 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 07 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:068:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3012:30 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī24:20 00:2012:20 AM TueNavamī
NakṣatraKṛttikā13:551:55 PMRohiṇī
YogaVyāghāta20:178:17 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBālava12:5612:56 PMKaulava
VāraSomavāra29:33 05:335:33 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Śrāvaṇa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 083
Day length
13 h 07 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
22:4810:48 PM
Moonset
13:031:03 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:054:05 AM05:325:32 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:054:05 AM04:494:49 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:274:27 AM05:325:32 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:325:32 AM08:108:10 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day07:117:11 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:108:10 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:2710:27 AM12:0612:06 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:3611:36 AM13:091:09 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3911:39 AM12:3212:32 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:4211:42 AM12:3012:30 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:3212:32 PM13:241:24 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:241:24 PM16:024:02 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:441:44 PM15:223:22 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:172:17 PM15:093:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:093:09 PM16:024:02 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:024:02 PM18:396:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:396:39 PM20:068:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:396:39 PM19:017:01 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:396:39 PM19:457:45 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:4211:42 PM24:3012:30 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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