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Thursday 12 April 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:163:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:354:35 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

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

At sunrise

05:485:48 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:022:02 PM

Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.

Noon

12:1912:19 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 03 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1912:19 PM
At noon, 12:1912:19 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 94° ahead of it, in Punarvasu, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM–05:045:04 AM
  • Amṛta kāla11:2711:27 AM–13:101:10 PM
  • Abhijit11:5311:53 AM–12:4612:46 PM
  • Vijaya14:302:30 PM–15:223:22 PM
  • Godhūli18:516:51 PM–19:137:13 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa05:485:48 AM–07:267:26 AM
  • Gulika09:049:04 AM–10:4210:42 AM
  • Durmuhūrta10:0910:09 AM–11:0111:01 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:571:57 PM–15:353:35 PM
  • Durmuhūrta15:223:22 PM–16:144:14 PM
  • Varjya22:5110:51 PM–24:3712:37 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

Śubha05:485:48 AM–07:267:26 AMgood
Roga07:267:26 AM–09:049:04 AMavoid
Udvega09:049:04 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Cara10:4210:42 AM–12:1912:19 PMneutral
Lābha12:1912:19 PM–13:571:57 PMgood
Amṛta13:571:57 PM–15:353:35 PMgood
Kāla15:353:35 PM–17:135:13 PMavoid
Śubha17:135:13 PM–18:516:51 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:516:51 PM–20:138:13 PMgood
Cara20:138:13 PM–21:359:35 PMneutral
Roga21:359:35 PM–22:5710:57 PMavoid
Kāla22:5710:57 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1avoid
Lābha24:1912:19 AM+1–25:411:41 AM+1good
Udvega25:411:41 AM+1–27:033:03 AM+1avoid
Śubha27:033:03 AM+1–28:244:24 AM+1good
Amṛta28:244:24 AM+1–29:465:46 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:485:48 AM to 29:465:46 AM+1

05:485:48 AM sunrise18:516:51 PM sunsetsunrise 29:465:46 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:354:35 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 14:022:02 PM
Puṣyapast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 16:424:42 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:354:35 PM
Bālavauntil 29:305:30 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:5311:53 AM–12:4612:46 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:571:57 PM–15:353:35 PM
Pradoṣa 18:516:51 PM–20:188:18 PM
Niśītha 23:5511:55 PM–24:4312:43 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. AbhijitUntil 12:4612:46 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:353:35 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  4. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  5. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  6. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  7. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  8. SunsetDay length 13 h 03 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 20:188:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4312:43 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī16:354:35 PMNavamī
NakṣatraPunarvasu14:022:02 PMPuṣya
YogaSukarmā16:424:42 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBava16:354:35 PMBālava
VāraGuruvāra29:46 05:465:46 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2019
Śaka
1884
Kali
5063
Ahargaṇa
1 849 301
Day length
13 h 03 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
11:4411:44 AM
Moonset
26:162:16 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:204:20 AM05:485:48 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:204:20 AM05:045:04 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā04:424:42 AM05:485:48 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla05:485:48 AM08:248:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa05:485:48 AM07:267:26 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava08:248:24 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika09:049:04 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta10:0910:09 AM11:0111:01 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kāla11:2711:27 AM13:101:10 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Abhijit11:5311:53 AM12:4612:46 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇa13:381:38 PM16:144:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:571:57 PM15:353:35 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya14:302:30 PM15:223:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta15:223:22 PM16:144:14 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna16:144:14 PM18:516:51 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:516:51 PM20:188:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:516:51 PM19:137:13 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:516:51 PM19:577:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjya22:5110:51 PM24:3712:37 AM+1sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:5511:55 PM24:4312:43 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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