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Margashirsha

Krishna Pakṣa, Ashtami

Vikrama 2087

New Delhi

18

December 2030

Budhavara

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Tithi Ashtami Nakṣatra Uttara Phalguni Yoga Ayushman Karaṇa Kaulava Choghaḍiyā © OccultGuide 2026
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Sunrise

7:07 AM

Sunset

5:27 PM

Sunrise

7:08 AM 19 Dec

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Yoga
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The five aṅgas

Tithi
Krishna Ashtami
until 5:20 PM
then Krishna Navami
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalguni
until 8:25 PM
then Hasta
Yoga
Ayushman
until 4:20 PM
then Saubhagya
Karaṇa
Kaulava
until 5:20 PM
then Taitila until 4:59 AM
then Gara
Vāra
Budhavara
sunrise to sunrise
Moonrise & moonset
12:07 AM
sets 12:14 PM

Choghaḍiyā

  • Daytime from 7:07 AM
  • Lābha Gain 7:07 AM – 8:25 AM
  • Amṛta Best 8:25 AM – 9:42 AM
  • Kāla Loss 9:42 AM – 11:00 AM
  • Śubha Good 11:00 AM – 12:17 PM
  • Roga Illness 12:17 PM – 1:35 PM
  • Udvega Anxiety 1:35 PM – 2:52 PM
  • Cala Neutral 2:52 PM – 4:09 PM
  • Lābha Gain 4:09 PM – 5:27 PM
  • Night from 5:27 PM
  • Udvega Anxiety 5:27 PM – 7:10 PM
  • Śubha Good 7:10 PM – 8:52 PM
  • Amṛta Best 8:52 PM – 10:35 PM
  • Cala Neutral 10:35 PM – 12:17 AM
  • Roga Illness 12:17 AM – 2:00 AM
  • Kāla Loss 2:00 AM – 3:43 AM
  • Lābha Gain 3:43 AM – 5:25 AM
  • Udvega Anxiety 5:25 AM – 7:08 AM

Periods of the day

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta 5:18 AM – 6:13 AM

    The hour before dawn, kept for japa, study and meditation rather than for beginnings.

  • Abhijit muhūrta 11:56 AM – 12:38 PM

    Held to override most inauspicious periods — but many traditions do not observe it on a Wednesday.

Inauspicious

  • Yamagaṇḍa 8:25 AM – 9:42 AM

    Avoided for auspicious undertakings, on the same footing as rāhu kāla.

  • Gulika kāla 11:00 AM – 12:17 PM

    Held to make what is begun in it repeat, so it is avoided for anything one would not want again.

  • Rāhu kāla 12:17 PM – 1:35 PM

    Avoided for beginnings — travel, purchases, a first recitation. Ongoing practice is not interrupted.

Cāturmāsya — next runs 30 Jun 2031 to 24 Nov 2031, from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī in Āṣāḍha to Prabodhinī Ekādaśī in Kārtika.

The choghaḍiyā and the periods above are marked customary: they are widely kept practice, and no text this site publishes prescribes them yet. The aṅgas, sunrise and sunset are computed and exact.

Computed with dṛk gaṇita (observation-based) and the Lahiri (Citrāpakṣa) ayanāṁśa, from the Swiss Ephemeris. The day's aṅgas are those running at sunrise. How dates are computed.