Tuesday 26 September 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 09:119:11 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:528:52 AM.
Observed here on this day
Navamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:097:09 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:528:52 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
13:101:10 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 00 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
07:097:09 AM to 31:107:10 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 | 08:528:52 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 28:23 04:234:23 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 27:35 03:353:35 AM Wed | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:528:52 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:10 07:107:10 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:335:33 AM | 07:097:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:335:33 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:575:57 AM | 07:097:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:097:09 AM | 09:339:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:339:33 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:339:33 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:3911:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:091:09 PM | 14:392:39 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:072:07 PM | 15:423:42 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:212:21 PM | 16:454:45 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:093:09 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:094:09 PM | 17:395:39 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:454:45 PM | 19:097:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:097:09 PM | 20:468:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:097:09 PM | 19:337:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:097:09 PM | 20:218:21 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:3811:38 PM | 25:131:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 25:341:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |