Friday 1 February 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:525:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:513:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 17 of 111 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:267:26 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:108:10 AM
Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.
Noon
12:3212:32 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 12 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
07:267:26 AM to 31:257:25 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 | 27:51 03:513:51 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 08:108:10 AM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Śubha | 16:304:30 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:504:50 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:355:35 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:355:35 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 06:036:03 AM | 07:267:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:267:26 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 08:428:42 AM | 09:599:59 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:289:28 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:289:28 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:3212:32 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5212:52 PM | 13:331:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:331:33 PM | 15:363:36 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:142:14 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:053:05 PM | 16:224:22 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:363:36 PM | 17:385:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 17:155:15 PM | 18:466:46 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣa | 17:385:38 PM | 19:287:28 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 17:385:38 PM | 18:066:06 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 17:385:38 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 26:202:20 AM+1 | 27:503:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |