Saturday 2 November 1946 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:4911:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:221:22 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:466:46 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:528:52 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 37° above S. Day length 10 h 32 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
06:466:46 AM to 30:476:47 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 | 25:22 01:221:22 AM Sun | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 26:49 02:492:49 AM Sun | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 08:528:52 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:4012:40 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 30:47 06:476:47 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:584:58 AM | 06:466:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:584:58 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:255:25 AM | 06:466:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:466:46 AM | 08:528:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 06:466:46 AM | 08:058:05 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 06:466:46 AM | 07:287:28 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 07:287:28 AM | 08:108:10 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 08:528:52 AM | 10:5810:58 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 09:249:24 AM | 10:4310:43 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:051:05 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 13:211:21 PM | 14:402:40 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijaya | 13:471:47 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:113:11 PM | 17:175:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 15:323:32 PM | 17:165:16 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 17:175:17 PM | 19:057:05 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:175:17 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:175:17 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |