Sunday 24 November 1963 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:593:59 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:403:40 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:107:10 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:341:34 PM
Dhaniṣṭhā gives way to Śatabhiṣā.
Noon
12:0512:05 PM
The Sun 31° above S. Day length 9 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
07:107:10 AM to 31:117:11 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 | 27:40 03:403:40 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 13:341:34 PM | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 28:22 04:224:22 AM Mon | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:563:56 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 31:11 07:117:11 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:165:16 AM | 07:107:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:165:16 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:455:45 AM | 07:107:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:107:10 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgava | 09:089:08 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 12:0412:04 PM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:031:03 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 13:431:43 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 14:322:32 PM | 15:463:46 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:013:01 PM | 16:594:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:413:41 PM | 16:204:20 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 15:463:46 PM | 16:594:59 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣa | 16:594:59 PM | 18:536:53 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:594:59 PM | 17:285:28 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:594:59 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 20:468:46 PM | 22:2110:21 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:4111:41 PM | 24:2912:29 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 30:216:21 AM+1 | 31:577:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |