Monday 30 October 1911 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:361:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:403:40 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:426:42 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:298:29 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 40 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
06:426:42 AM to 30:436:43 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 | 27:40 03:403:40 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 08:298:29 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Śūla | 21:399:39 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:412:41 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:554:55 AM | 06:426:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:554:55 AM | 05:495:49 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:225:22 AM | 06:426:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:426:42 AM | 08:508:50 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:028:02 AM | 09:229:22 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:508:50 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:4210:42 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:2312:23 PM | 13:061:06 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5412:54 PM | 14:392:39 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:221:22 PM | 14:422:42 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:481:48 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:312:31 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:225:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:225:22 PM | 19:087:08 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:225:22 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:225:22 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2811:28 PM | 25:141:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |