Tuesday 2 October 1900 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:155:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:045:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:196:19 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:032:03 PM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:1312:13 PM
The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 46 m.
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
Night sunset to sunrise
good to begin inavoidedneutral
06:196:19 AM to 30:206:20 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 17:045:04 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:02 01:021:02 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 14:032:03 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:045:04 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:20 06:206:20 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:424:42 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:424:42 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:065:06 AM | 06:196:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:196:19 AM | 08:418:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:418:41 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:418:41 AM | 09:289:28 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 09:169:16 AM | 10:4410:44 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjya | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4811:48 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 12:1212:12 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:231:23 PM | 15:443:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:102:10 PM | 14:572:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:093:09 PM | 16:374:37 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:443:44 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:056:05 PM | 19:437:43 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:056:05 PM | 18:306:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:056:05 PM | 19:197:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 20:118:11 PM | 21:489:48 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 23:4911:49 PM | 24:3712:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |