Friday 18 September 1942 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:033:03 PM yesterday, and holds until 12:4912:49 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 1 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Boundary: a threshold is only minutes away. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:017:01 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4912:49 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
13:131:13 PM
The Sun 53° above S. Day length 12 h 22 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
07:017:01 AM to 31:027:02 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 | 12:4912:49 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 22:3510:35 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 14:142:14 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:4912:49 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:02 07:027:02 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:295:29 AM | 07:017:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:295:29 AM | 06:156:15 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:017:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:017:01 AM | 09:309:30 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:347:34 AM | 09:049:04 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:348:34 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:309:30 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:309:30 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:121:12 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:371:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4812:48 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:371:37 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:262:26 PM | 16:554:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:163:16 PM | 16:054:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:184:18 PM | 17:505:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:354:35 PM | 18:056:05 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:554:55 PM | 19:237:23 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:237:23 PM | 20:568:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:237:23 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:237:23 PM | 20:338:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:059:05 PM | 22:3510:35 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4912:49 AM+1 | 25:371:37 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |