Monday 12 August 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:303:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:141:14 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:285:28 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:212:21 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 66° above S. Day length 13 h 50 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
05:285:28 AM to 29:295:29 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 25:14 01:141:14 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 16:204:20 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 23:2211:22 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:212:21 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:29 05:295:29 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:074:07 AM | 05:285:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:074:07 AM | 04:484:48 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:274:27 AM | 05:285:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:285:28 AM | 08:148:14 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:127:12 AM | 08:568:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:148:14 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:3910:39 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kāla | 11:5111:51 AM | 13:211:21 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijit | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:461:46 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 14:072:07 PM | 15:503:50 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:412:41 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:373:37 PM | 16:324:32 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:324:32 PM | 19:187:18 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 19:187:18 PM | 20:398:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 19:187:18 PM | 19:387:38 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 19:187:18 PM | 20:198:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 27:393:39 AM+1 | 29:095:09 AM+1 | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |