Tuesday 30 September 2025 · Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:324:32 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:076:07 PM.
At sunrise
06:186:18 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Observed here on this day
MahāṣṭamīDurga Ashtami
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
Next boundary
18:076:07 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 | 18:076:07 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | past sunrise | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 25:03 01:031:03 AM Wed | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 18:076:07 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:19 06:196:19 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:424:42 AM | 06:186:18 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:424:42 AM | 05:305:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:065:06 AM | 06:186:18 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:186:18 AM | 08:428:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:428:42 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:428:42 AM | 09:309:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:189:18 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:1712:17 PM | 13:461:46 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:281:28 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:162:16 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:163:16 PM | 16:454:45 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:523:52 PM | 18:156:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 16:374:37 PM | 18:206:20 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 18:156:15 PM | 19:527:52 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:156:15 PM | 18:396:39 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:156:15 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:0511:05 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:5311:53 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 26:572:57 AM+1 | 28:404:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |