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Wednesday 18 September 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Bhādrapada Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:464:46 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:442:44 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Jitāṣṭamī · Jitiya

Aṣṭamī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here

AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate

At sunrise

07:017:01 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

15:443:44 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

13:131:13 PM

The Sun 53° above S. Day length 12 h 22 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding13:131:13 PM
At noon, 13:131:13 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Phalgunī and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:295:29 AM–06:156:15 AM
  • Vijaya15:163:16 PM–16:054:05 PM
  • Amṛta kāla15:593:59 PM–17:305:30 PM
  • Godhūli19:237:23 PM–19:467:46 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:348:34 AM–10:0710:07 AM
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–13:121:12 PM
  • Durmuhūrta12:4812:48 PM–13:371:37 PM
  • Rāhu kāla13:121:12 PM–14:452:45 PM

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

Lābha07:017:01 AM–08:348:34 AMgood
Amṛta08:348:34 AM–10:0710:07 AMgood
Kāla10:0710:07 AM–11:4011:40 AMavoid
Śubha11:4011:40 AM–13:121:12 PMgood
Roga13:121:12 PM–14:452:45 PMavoid
Udvega14:452:45 PM–16:184:18 PMavoid
Cara16:184:18 PM–17:505:50 PMneutral
Lābha17:505:50 PM–19:237:23 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega19:237:23 PM–20:508:50 PMavoid
Śubha20:508:50 PM–22:1810:18 PMgood
Amṛta22:1810:18 PM–23:4511:45 PMgood
Cara23:4511:45 PM–25:131:13 AM+1neutral
Roga25:131:13 AM+1–26:402:40 AM+1avoid
Kāla26:402:40 AM+1–28:084:08 AM+1avoid
Lābha28:084:08 AM+1–29:355:35 AM+1good
Udvega29:355:35 AM+1–31:027:02 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:017:01 AM to 31:027:02 AM+1

07:017:01 AM sunrise19:237:23 PM sunsetsunrise 31:027:02 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:442:44 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 24:1912:19 AM+1
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 15:503:50 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 15:443:44 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:442:44 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 13:121:12 PM–14:452:45 PM
Pradoṣa 19:237:23 PM–20:568:56 PM
Niśītha 24:4912:49 AM+1–25:371:37 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:452:45 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 22 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 20:568:56 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 25:371:37 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:44 02:442:44 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā24:19 00:1912:19 AM ThuĀrdrā
YogaSiddhi15:503:50 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaBālava15:443:44 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:02 07:027:02 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2003
Śaka
1868
Kali
5047
Ahargaṇa
1 843 616
Day length
12 h 22 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
24:0512:05 AM+1
Moonset
14:272:27 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:295:29 AM07:017:01 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:295:29 AM06:156:15 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM07:017:01 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:017:01 AM09:309:30 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa08:348:34 AM10:0710:07 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgava09:309:30 AM11:5811:58 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika11:4011:40 AM13:121:12 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrta12:4812:48 PM13:371:37 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna12:4812:48 PM13:361:36 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kāla13:121:12 PM14:452:45 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇa14:262:26 PM16:554:55 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya15:163:16 PM16:054:05 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla15:593:59 PM17:305:30 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhna16:554:55 PM19:237:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa19:237:23 PM20:568:56 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli19:237:23 PM19:467:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā19:237:23 PM20:338:33 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha24:4912:49 AM+125:371:37 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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