Monday 27 October 1941 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:362:36 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:421:42 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:397:39 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:271:27 PM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
13:021:02 PM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 10 h 45 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
07:397:39 AM to 31:407:40 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 | 25:42 01:421:42 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 13:271:27 PM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Śūla | 29:38 05:385:38 AM Tue | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 14:042:04 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:40 07:407:40 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:545:54 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:545:54 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:206:20 AM | 07:397:39 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:397:39 AM | 09:489:48 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 09:009:00 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:489:48 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:021:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 13:231:23 PM | 14:062:06 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 14:062:06 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 14:232:23 PM | 15:433:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:492:49 PM | 15:323:32 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:323:32 PM | 16:154:15 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:154:15 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 17:275:27 PM | 19:047:04 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 18:246:24 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:246:24 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:246:24 PM | 19:447:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 25:261:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 27:063:06 AM+1 | 28:424:42 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |