Monday 26 August 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:061:06 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 9 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:416:41 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3312:33 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:201:20 PM
The Sun 62° above S. Day length 13 h 17 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
06:416:41 AM to 30:426:42 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 | 25:06 01:061:06 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 13:071:07 PM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 19:357:35 PM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:3312:33 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:42 06:426:42 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:165:16 AM | 06:416:41 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:165:16 AM | 05:585:58 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:375:37 AM | 06:416:41 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:416:41 AM | 09:219:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:218:21 AM | 10:0010:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:219:21 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:201:20 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijit | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 12:5612:56 PM | 13:441:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:461:46 PM | 14:392:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:392:39 PM | 17:195:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 14:592:59 PM | 16:394:39 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 15:323:32 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 16:264:26 PM | 17:195:19 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 17:195:19 PM | 19:587:58 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:587:58 PM | 21:249:24 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:587:58 PM | 20:208:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:587:58 PM | 21:029:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | 25:441:44 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 30:076:07 AM+1 | 31:497:49 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |