Thursday 23 November 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:445:44 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:563:56 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
08:098:09 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:522:52 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
13:051:05 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 h 50 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
08:098:09 AM to 32:108:10 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 | 27:56 03:563:56 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 14:522:52 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 29:06 05:065:06 AM Fri | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:534:53 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 32:10 08:108:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 06:166:16 AM | 08:098:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 06:166:16 AM | 07:137:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:446:44 AM | 08:098:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 08:098:09 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:239:23 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 10:0710:07 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:5111:51 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:4012:40 PM | 13:281:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:4512:45 PM | 13:241:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:032:03 PM | 16:014:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:182:18 PM | 15:323:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:432:43 PM | 15:223:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:223:22 PM | 16:014:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:014:01 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:537:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:257:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:419:41 PM | 23:1211:12 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:4112:41 AM+1 | 25:291:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 30:476:47 AM+1 | 32:188:18 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |