Friday 11 October 2024 · Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 12:3212:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:0712:07 PM.
At sunrise
06:226:22 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Observed here on this day
MahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami
Aṣṭamī covers 18 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahānavamī
Next boundary
12:0712:07 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Auspicious
Avoid
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
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.
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 12:0712:07 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 29:25 05:255:25 AM Sat | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 26:46 02:462:46 AM Sat | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:0712:07 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:23 06:236:23 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:444:44 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:444:44 AM | 05:335:33 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:095:09 AM | 06:226:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:226:22 AM | 08:438:43 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 07:507:50 AM | 09:189:18 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:438:43 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:438:43 AM | 09:309:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 10:4610:46 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:3712:37 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:241:24 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 13:361:36 PM | 15:113:11 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijaya | 14:102:10 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:093:09 PM | 16:374:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:443:44 PM | 18:046:04 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:046:04 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:046:04 PM | 18:296:29 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:046:04 PM | 19:187:18 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 23:0611:06 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |