Friday 10 September 1948 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:583:58 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:234:23 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:556:55 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
16:054:05 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
13:151:15 PM
The Sun 56° above S. Day length 12 h 40 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
06:556:55 AM to 30:566:56 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 | 28:23 04:234:23 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 26:48 02:482:48 AM Sat | Mūla |
| Yoga | Prīti | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Sat | Āyuṣmān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:054:05 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:56 06:566:56 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:556:55 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:245:24 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:475:47 AM | 06:556:55 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:556:55 AM | 09:279:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:377:37 AM | 09:189:18 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:308:30 AM | 10:0510:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:279:27 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:279:27 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:4011:40 AM | 13:151:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:5012:50 PM | 13:401:40 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:401:40 PM | 14:312:31 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:312:31 PM | 17:035:03 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:223:22 PM | 16:124:12 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 16:254:25 PM | 18:006:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:035:03 PM | 19:357:35 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:385:38 PM | 19:187:18 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:357:35 PM | 21:069:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:357:35 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:357:35 PM | 20:438:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |