Tuesday 2 January 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:501:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:0712:07 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:377:37 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:5612:56 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2212:22 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 29 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
07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:07 00:0712:07 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 22:4710:47 PM | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 15:123:12 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:5612:56 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:37 07:377:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:415:41 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:415:41 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:106:10 AM | 07:377:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:377:37 AM | 09:319:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:537:53 AM | 09:259:25 AM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:319:31 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:319:31 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5811:58 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:4112:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:331:33 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:133:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:571:57 PM | 14:352:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:442:44 PM | 15:553:55 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:133:13 PM | 17:065:06 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:035:03 PM | 18:356:35 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:065:06 PM | 19:027:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:065:06 PM | 17:355:35 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:065:06 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:5510:55 PM | 23:5311:53 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:326:32 AM+1 | 32:058:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |