Thursday 20 March 1941 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:3512:35 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:1611:16 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:237:23 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:5111:51 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
13:261:26 PM
The Sun 51° above S. Day length 12 h 06 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
07:237:23 AM to 31:227:22 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 | 23:1611:16 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 24:40 00:4012:40 AM Fri | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 19:167:16 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:5111:51 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:22 07:227:22 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:485:48 AM | 07:237:23 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:485:48 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:126:12 AM | 07:237:23 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:237:23 AM | 09:489:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 07:237:23 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Varjya | 09:049:04 AM | 10:3810:38 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgava | 09:489:48 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 10:2510:25 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijit | 13:021:02 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 13:021:02 PM | 13:501:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:392:39 PM | 17:045:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 14:572:57 PM | 16:284:28 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijaya | 15:273:27 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 16:164:16 PM | 17:045:04 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 17:045:04 PM | 19:297:29 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 18:266:26 PM | 19:597:59 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 19:297:29 PM | 21:049:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:297:29 PM | 19:537:53 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:297:29 PM | 20:408:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 23:0611:06 PM | 24:4012:40 AM+1 | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 25:011:01 AM+1 | 25:491:49 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |