Monday 5 November 1962 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:423:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:382:38 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:153:15 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 36° above S. Day length 10 h 25 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50 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 | 26:38 02:382:38 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 22:4710:47 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 23:4811:48 PM | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:153:15 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:005:00 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:005:00 AM | 05:555:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:285:28 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:496:49 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:078:07 AM | 09:259:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:548:54 AM | 10:5910:59 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4310:43 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4111:41 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:041:04 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 12:3012:30 PM | 14:052:05 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:041:04 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:201:20 PM | 14:382:38 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:461:46 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:272:27 PM | 15:093:09 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 15:093:09 PM | 17:145:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 17:145:14 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:145:14 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:145:14 PM | 18:366:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:3811:38 PM | 24:2612:26 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 26:372:37 AM+1 | 28:104:10 AM+1 | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |