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December 1940 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Śukla to Pauṣa ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 7 December 1940 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:0011:00 AM yesterday, and holds until 13:101:10 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:237:23 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:101:10 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:1012:10 PM

The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1012:10 PM
At noon, 12:1012:10 PM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 96° ahead of it, in Pūrva Bhādrapadā, 55% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 96° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:285:28 AM–06:256:25 AM
  • Abhijit11:5011:50 AM–12:2912:29 PM
  • Vijaya13:451:45 PM–14:232:23 PM
  • Amṛta kāla15:083:08 PM–16:554:55 PM
  • Godhūli16:564:56 PM–17:255:25 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika07:237:23 AM–08:358:35 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:237:23 AM–08:018:01 AM
  • Durmuhūrta08:018:01 AM–08:408:40 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:469:46 AM–10:5810:58 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:211:21 PM–14:332:33 PM

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla07:237:23 AM–08:358:35 AMavoid
Śubha08:358:35 AM–09:469:46 AMgood
Roga09:469:46 AM–10:5810:58 AMavoid
Udvega10:5810:58 AM–12:0912:09 PMavoid
Cara12:0912:09 PM–13:211:21 PMneutral
Lābha13:211:21 PM–14:332:33 PMgood
Amṛta14:332:33 PM–15:443:44 PMgood
Kāla15:443:44 PM–16:564:56 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:564:56 PM–18:446:44 PMgood
Udvega18:446:44 PM–20:338:33 PMavoid
Śubha20:338:33 PM–22:2110:21 PMgood
Amṛta22:2110:21 PM–24:1012:10 AM+1good
Cara24:1012:10 AM+1–25:581:58 AM+1neutral
Roga25:581:58 AM+1–27:473:47 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:473:47 AM+1–29:365:36 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:365:36 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:237:23 AM to 31:247:24 AM+1

07:237:23 AM sunrise16:564:56 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 13:101:10 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadāuntil 24:0412:04 AM+1
Uttara Bhādrapadāpast sunrise
Yoga
Vajrauntil 13:251:25 PM
Siddhipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 13:101:10 PM
Bālavauntil 26:252:25 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:469:46 AM–10:5810:58 AM
Abhijit 11:5011:50 AM–12:2912:29 PM
Pradoṣa 16:564:56 PM–18:526:52 PM
Niśītha 23:4611:46 PM–24:3412:34 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:5810:58 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:2912:29 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SiddhiYoga: Vajra ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 33 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:526:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:3412:34 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. Uttara BhādrapadāNakṣatra: Pūrva Bhādrapadā ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī13:101:10 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Bhādrapadā24:04 00:0412:04 AM SunUttara Bhādrapadā
YogaVajra13:251:25 PMSiddhi
KaraṇaBava13:101:10 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:24 07:247:24 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1997
Śaka
1862
Kali
5041
Ahargaṇa
1 841 505
Day length
9 h 33 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Kumbha
Moonrise
12:4812:48 PM
Moonset
24:5712:57 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:285:28 AM07:237:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:285:28 AM06:256:25 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:565:56 AM07:237:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:237:23 AM09:189:18 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:237:23 AM08:358:35 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:237:23 AM08:018:01 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta08:018:01 AM08:408:40 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:189:18 AM11:1211:12 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:469:46 AM10:5810:58 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:4511:45 AM12:3312:33 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:5011:50 AM12:2912:29 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:071:07 PM15:013:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa13:211:21 PM14:332:33 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:451:45 PM14:232:23 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:013:01 PM16:564:56 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla15:083:08 PM16:554:55 PMsixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣa16:564:56 PM18:526:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:564:56 PM17:255:25 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:564:56 PM18:236:23 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:4611:46 PM24:3412:34 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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