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October 1946 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseĀśvina Śukla to Kārtika ŚuklaThe month ›

Thursday 3 October 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Āśvina Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:404:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:017:01 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Mahāṣṭamī · Durga Ashtami

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:156:15 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:3311:33 AM

Mūla gives way to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.

Noon

12:0712:07 PM

The Sun 47° above S. Day length 11 h 44 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:0712:07 PM
At noon, 12:0712:07 PM, the Sun is in Hasta and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Pūrvāṣāḍhā, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:374:37 AM–05:265:26 AM
  • Abhijit11:4411:44 AM–12:3112:31 PM
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:512:51 PM
  • Godhūli17:595:59 PM–18:246:24 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa06:156:15 AM–07:437:43 AM
  • Gulika09:119:11 AM–10:3910:39 AM
  • Varjya09:449:44 AM–11:3311:33 AM
  • Durmuhūrta10:1010:10 AM–10:5710:57 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:351:35 PM–15:033:03 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:512:51 PM–15:383:38 PM
  • Varjya22:1510:15 PM–24:0212:02 AM+1

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

Śubha06:156:15 AM–07:437:43 AMgood
Roga07:437:43 AM–09:119:11 AMavoid
Udvega09:119:11 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Cara10:3910:39 AM–12:0712:07 PMneutral
Lābha12:0712:07 PM–13:351:35 PMgood
Amṛta13:351:35 PM–15:033:03 PMgood
Kāla15:033:03 PM–16:314:31 PMavoid
Śubha16:314:31 PM–17:595:59 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta17:595:59 PM–19:317:31 PMgood
Cara19:317:31 PM–21:039:03 PMneutral
Roga21:039:03 PM–22:3510:35 PMavoid
Kāla22:3510:35 PM–24:0812:08 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:0812:08 AM+1–25:401:40 AM+1good
Udvega25:401:40 AM+1–27:123:12 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:123:12 AM+1–28:444:44 AM+1good
Amṛta28:444:44 AM+1–30:166:16 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:156:15 AM to 30:166:16 AM+1

06:156:15 AM sunrise17:595:59 PM sunsetsunrise 30:166:16 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 11:3311:33 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 24:4712:47 AM+1
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 17:535:53 PM
Bavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:4411:44 AM–12:3112:31 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:351:35 PM–15:033:03 PM
Pradoṣa 17:595:59 PM–19:377:37 PM
Niśītha 23:4411:44 PM–24:3212:32 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:3112:31 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:033:03 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 11 h 44 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:377:37 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:3212:32 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  10. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraMūla11:3311:33 AMPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaŚobhana24:47 00:4712:47 AM FriAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi17:535:53 PMBava
VāraGuruvāra30:16 06:166:16 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Āśvina
Month, pūrṇimānta
Āśvina
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2003
Śaka
1868
Kali
5047
Ahargaṇa
1 843 631
Day length
11 h 44 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
13:381:38 PM
Moonset
22:5310:53 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:374:37 AM06:156:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:374:37 AM05:265:26 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:025:02 AM06:156:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:156:15 AM08:368:36 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa06:156:15 AM07:437:43 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava08:368:36 AM10:5710:57 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika09:119:11 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Varjya09:449:44 AM11:3311:33 AMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrta10:1010:10 AM10:5710:57 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:4311:43 AM12:3112:31 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:4411:44 AM12:3112:31 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:181:18 PM15:383:38 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:351:35 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya14:042:04 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:512:51 PM15:383:38 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:383:38 PM17:595:59 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:595:59 PM19:377:37 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:595:59 PM18:246:24 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:595:59 PM19:137:13 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya22:1510:15 PM24:0212:02 AM+1sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:4411:44 PM24:3212:32 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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