Monday 3 January 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:535:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:234:23 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
08:378:37 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:104:10 PM
Parigha gives way to Śiva.
Noon
13:221:22 PM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 30 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
08:378:37 AM to 32:378:37 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 | 16:234:23 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 25:39 01:391:39 AM Tue | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Parigha | 16:104:10 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:234:23 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 32:37 08:378:37 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:416:41 AM | 08:378:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:416:41 AM | 07:397:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 07:107:10 AM | 08:378:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:378:37 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:499:49 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:3110:31 AM | 12:2512:25 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:221:22 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5812:58 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 13:031:03 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:411:41 PM | 14:192:19 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:591:59 PM | 15:333:33 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:192:19 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:332:33 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:572:57 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:353:35 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:134:13 PM | 18:076:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:076:07 PM | 20:038:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:076:07 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:076:07 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5812:58 AM+1 | 25:461:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |