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Saturday 13 January 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:511:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1812:18 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:377:37 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1110:11 AM

Śiva gives way to Siddha.

Noon

12:2712:27 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2712:27 PM
At noon, 12:2712:27 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Revatī, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:425:42 AM–06:396:39 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:106:10 AM–07:377:37 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla12:0612:06 PM–13:371:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit12:0712:07 PM–12:4612:46 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:042:04 PM–14:422:42 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:175:17 PM–17:465:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:175:17 PM–18:436:43 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:446:44 AM+1–32:178:17 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:377:37 AM–08:158:15 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta08:158:15 AM–08:548:54 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla10:0210:02 AM–11:1411:14 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:391:39 PM–14:522:52 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla07:377:37 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Śubha08:498:49 AM–10:0210:02 AMgood
Roga10:0210:02 AM–11:1411:14 AMavoid
Udvega11:1411:14 AM–12:2712:27 PMavoid
Cara12:2712:27 PM–13:391:39 PMneutral
Lābha13:391:39 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Amṛta14:522:52 PM–16:054:05 PMgood
Kāla16:054:05 PM–17:175:17 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:175:17 PM–19:057:05 PMgood
Udvega19:057:05 PM–20:528:52 PMavoid
Śubha20:528:52 PM–22:3910:39 PMgood
Amṛta22:3910:39 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1good
Cara24:2712:27 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1neutral
Roga26:142:14 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:014:01 AM+1–29:495:49 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:495:49 AM+1–31:367:36 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:377:37 AM to 31:367:36 AM+1

07:377:37 AM sunrise17:175:17 PM sunsetsunrise 31:367:36 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:1812:18 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 14:232:23 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 10:1110:11 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:011:01 PM
Bavauntil 24:1812:18 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0210:02 AM–11:1411:14 AM
Abhijit 12:0712:07 PM–12:4612:46 PM
Pradoṣa 17:175:17 PM–19:127:12 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03 AM+1–24:5112:51 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 11:1411:14 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4612:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  6. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 41 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:127:12 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī24:18 00:1812:18 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī14:232:23 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva10:1110:11 AMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:011:01 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra31:36 07:367:36 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2018
Śaka
1883
Kali
5062
Ahargaṇa
1 849 212
Day length
9 h 41 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
12:0712:07 PM
Moonset
25:031:03 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:425:42 AM07:377:37 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:425:42 AM06:396:39 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:106:10 AM07:377:37 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:377:37 AM09:339:33 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:377:37 AM08:498:49 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:377:37 AM08:158:15 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:158:15 AM08:548:54 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:339:33 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day10:0210:02 AM11:1411:14 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0312:03 PM12:5112:51 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:371:37 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4612:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:251:25 PM15:213:21 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:391:39 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:042:04 PM14:422:42 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:213:21 PM17:175:17 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:175:17 PM19:127:12 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:175:17 PM17:465:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:175:17 PM18:436:43 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03 AM+124:5112:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:446:44 AM+132:178:17 AM+1sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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