Tuesday 8 October 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:263:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:213:21 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:207:20 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:183:18 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:061:06 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 11 h 30 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
07:207:20 AM to 31:217:21 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 | 27:21 03:213:21 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 24:20 00:2012:20 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 26:22 02:222:22 AM Wed | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:183:18 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:415:41 AM | 07:207:20 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:415:41 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:066:06 AM | 07:207:20 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:207:20 AM | 09:389:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:389:38 AM | 11:5611:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:389:38 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 09:409:40 AM | 11:1811:18 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:1310:13 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:301:30 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:291:29 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:061:06 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:152:15 PM | 16:334:33 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 15:013:01 PM | 15:473:47 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:583:58 PM | 17:245:24 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:334:33 PM | 18:516:51 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:516:51 PM | 20:318:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:516:51 PM | 19:167:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:516:51 PM | 20:068:06 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 19:277:27 PM | 21:049:04 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśītha | 24:4212:42 AM+1 | 25:301:30 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |