Thursday 26 September 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:407:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:289:28 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:388:38 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:1012:10 PM
The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 02 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:106:10 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 | 21:289:28 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 17:265:26 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 18:506:50 PM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:388:38 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:334:33 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:334:33 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:574:57 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:096:09 AM | 08:338:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 06:096:09 AM | 07:397:39 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:338:33 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 09:099:09 AM | 10:3910:39 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrta | 10:0910:09 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kāla | 10:2310:23 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Abhijit | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3412:34 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:221:22 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 13:401:40 PM | 15:103:10 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijaya | 14:102:10 PM | 14:582:58 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:582:58 PM | 15:463:46 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 15:403:40 PM | 17:265:26 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:463:46 PM | 18:106:10 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:106:10 PM | 19:467:46 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:106:10 PM | 18:346:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:106:10 PM | 19:227:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:4611:46 PM | 24:3412:34 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 27:453:45 AM+1 | 29:285:28 AM+1 | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |