Monday 26 January 2026 · Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:1111:11 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:199:19 PM.

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Noon 12:3912:39 PMSun 48° above S

At sunrise

07:097:09 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

Next boundary

09:129:12 AM

Sādhya gives way to Śubha.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:255:25 AM–06:176:17 AM
  • Abhijit12:1712:17 PM–13:021:02 PM
  • Vijaya14:302:30 PM–15:143:14 PM
  • Godhūli18:106:10 PM–18:366:36 PM
  • Amṛta kāla30:386:38 AM+1–32:088:08 AM+1

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:328:32 AM–09:549:54 AM
  • Varjya08:448:44 AM–10:1510:15 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:1711:17 AM–12:3912:39 PM
  • Durmuhūrta13:021:02 PM–13:461:46 PM
  • Gulika14:022:02 PM–15:253:25 PM
  • Durmuhūrta15:143:14 PM–15:583:58 PM
  • Varjya21:359:35 PM–23:0611:06 PM

Choghaḍiyā

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

  1. Amṛtagood07:097:09 AM–08:328:32 AM
  2. Kālaavoid08:328:32 AM–09:549:54 AM
  3. Śubhagood09:549:54 AM–11:1711:17 AM
  4. Rogaavoid11:1711:17 AM–12:3912:39 PM
  5. Udvegaavoid12:3912:39 PM–14:022:02 PM
  6. Caraneutral14:022:02 PM–15:253:25 PM
  7. Lābhagood15:253:25 PM–16:474:47 PM
  8. Amṛtagood16:474:47 PM–18:106:10 PM

Night · sunset to sunrise

  1. Caraneutral18:106:10 PM–19:477:47 PM
  2. Rogaavoid19:477:47 PM–21:259:25 PM
  3. Kālaavoid21:259:25 PM–23:0211:02 PM
  4. Lābhagood23:0211:02 PM–24:3912:39 AM+1
  5. Udvegaavoid24:3912:39 AM+1–26:172:17 AM+1
  6. Śubhagood26:172:17 AM+1–27:543:54 AM+1
  7. Amṛtagood27:543:54 AM+1–29:315:31 AM+1
  8. Caraneutral29:315:31 AM+1–31:097:09 AM+1

Sunrise 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.

07:097:09 AM sunrise18:106:10 PM sunsetsunrise 31:097:09 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 21:199:19 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 12:3312:33 PM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 09:129:12 AM
Śubhauntil 30:206:20 AM+1
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:1710:17 AM
Bavauntil 21:199:19 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:328:32 AM–09:549:54 AM
Abhijit 12:1712:17 PM–13:021:02 PM
Pradoṣa 18:106:10 PM–19:547:54 PM
Niśītha 24:1512:15 AM+1–25:031:03 AM+1
  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:549:54 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:021:02 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 01 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:547:54 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:031:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  13. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī21:199:19 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī12:3312:33 PMBharaṇī
YogaSādhya09:129:12 AMŚubha
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:1710:17 AMBava
VāraSomavāra31:09 07:097:09 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Windows

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:255:25 AM07:097:09 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:255:25 AM06:176:17 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM07:097:09 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:097:09 AM09:219:21 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla08:328:32 AM09:549:54 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Varjya08:448:44 AM10:1510:15 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgava09:219:21 AM11:3311:33 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa11:1711:17 AM12:3912:39 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhna12:1512:15 PM13:031:03 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:1712:17 PM13:021:02 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta13:021:02 PM13:461:46 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:461:46 PM15:583:58 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika14:022:02 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijaya14:302:30 PM15:143:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta15:143:14 PM15:583:58 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:583:58 PM18:106:10 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:106:10 PM19:547:54 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:106:10 PM18:366:36 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:106:10 PM19:287:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya21:359:35 PM23:0611:06 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha24:1512:15 AM+125:031:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kāla30:386:38 AM+132:088:08 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2082
Śaka
1947
Kali
5126
Ahargaṇa
1 872 601
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Day length
11 h 01 m
Moonrise
11:4811:48 AM
Moonset
25:221:22 AM+1
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