Sunday 15 November 1942 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:444:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:173:17 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
08:008:00 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:031:03 PM
Vṛddhi gives way to Dhruva.
Noon
13:031:03 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 05 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
08:008:00 AM to 32:018:01 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 | 27:17 03:173:17 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 28:58 04:584:58 AM Mon | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 13:031:03 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:573:57 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 32:01 08:018:01 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:096:09 AM | 08:008:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:096:09 AM | 07:047:04 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:376:37 AM | 08:008:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:008:00 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:369:36 AM | 11:0911:09 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0110:01 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:261:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4212:42 PM | 13:231:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:021:02 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:432:43 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:343:34 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 18:056:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:444:44 PM | 17:255:25 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:494:49 PM | 18:056:05 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:056:05 PM | 19:567:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:056:05 PM | 18:336:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:056:05 PM | 19:297:29 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:546:54 PM | 20:278:27 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 25:271:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |