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Saturday 23 December 1944 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 13:571:57 PM yesterday, and holds until 11:5011:50 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

08:348:34 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:5011:50 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

13:171:17 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 26 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding13:171:17 PM
At noon, 13:171:17 PM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 97° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 56% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 97° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta06:386:38 AM–07:367:36 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā07:077:07 AM–08:348:34 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:4111:41 AM–13:111:11 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:5812:58 PM–13:361:36 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:512:51 PM–15:293:29 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:006:00 PM–18:296:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:006:00 PM–19:287:28 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika08:348:34 AM–09:459:45 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta08:348:34 AM–09:129:12 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta09:129:12 AM–09:509:50 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:5610:56 AM–12:0612:06 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa14:282:28 PM–15:393:39 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:273:27 AM+1–28:574:57 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Kāla08:348:34 AM–09:459:45 AMavoid
Śubha09:459:45 AM–10:5610:56 AMgood
Roga10:5610:56 AM–12:0612:06 PMavoid
Udvega12:0612:06 PM–13:171:17 PMavoid
Cara13:171:17 PM–14:282:28 PMneutral
Lābha14:282:28 PM–15:393:39 PMgood
Amṛta15:393:39 PM–16:494:49 PMgood
Kāla16:494:49 PM–18:006:00 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:006:00 PM–19:497:49 PMgood
Udvega19:497:49 PM–21:399:39 PMavoid
Śubha21:399:39 PM–23:2811:28 PMgood
Amṛta23:2811:28 PM–25:171:17 AM+1good
Cara25:171:17 AM+1–27:073:07 AM+1neutral
Roga27:073:07 AM+1–28:564:56 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:564:56 AM+1–30:456:45 AM+1avoid
Lābha30:456:45 AM+1–32:358:35 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

08:348:34 AM to 32:358:35 AM+1

08:348:34 AM sunrise18:006:00 PM sunsetsunrise 32:358:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 11:5011:50 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 16:124:12 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 24:1012:10 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 11:5011:50 AM
Bālavauntil 22:4510:45 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:5610:56 AM–12:0612:06 PM
Abhijit 12:5812:58 PM–13:361:36 PM
Pradoṣa 18:006:00 PM–19:577:57 PM
Niśītha 24:5312:53 AM+1–25:411:41 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:0612:06 PM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 13:361:36 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 26 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:577:57 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 25:411:41 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī11:5011:50 AMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā16:124:12 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān24:10 00:1012:10 AM SunParigha
KaraṇaBava11:5011:50 AMBālava
VāraŚanivāra32:35 08:358:35 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2001
Śaka
1866
Kali
5045
Ahargaṇa
1 842 982
Day length
9 h 26 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
13:581:58 PM
Moonset
26:182:18 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn06:386:38 AM08:348:34 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn06:386:38 AM07:367:36 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight07:077:07 AM08:348:34 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning08:348:34 AM10:2710:27 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day08:348:34 AM09:459:45 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:348:34 AM09:129:12 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:129:12 AM09:509:50 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon10:2710:27 AM12:2112:21 PM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:5610:56 AM12:0612:06 PMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:4111:41 AM13:111:11 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday12:5312:53 PM13:411:41 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:5812:58 PM13:361:36 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon14:142:14 PM16:074:07 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day14:282:28 PM15:393:39 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:512:51 PM15:293:29 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:074:07 PM18:006:00 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:006:00 PM19:577:57 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:006:00 PM18:296:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:006:00 PM19:287:28 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:5312:53 AM+125:411:41 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:273:27 AM+128:574:57 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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