Friday 6 March 1964 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:404:40 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:177:17 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:446:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:006:00 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:3012:30 PM
The Sun 45° above S. Day length 11 h 31 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
06:446:44 AM to 30:436:43 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 | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | past sunrise | Mūla |
| Yoga | Vajra | 27:18 03:183:18 AM Sat | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 18:006:00 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:43 06:436:43 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:045:04 AM | 06:446:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:045:04 AM | 05:545:54 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:295:29 AM | 06:446:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:446:44 AM | 09:029:02 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 08:118:11 AM | 09:379:37 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:029:02 AM | 11:2111:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 09:029:02 AM | 09:499:49 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 11:0311:03 AM | 12:3012:30 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:0612:06 PM | 12:5412:54 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5312:53 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 12:2612:26 PM | 14:142:14 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5312:53 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:391:39 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:252:25 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:233:23 PM | 16:494:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 15:573:57 PM | 18:156:15 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:156:15 PM | 19:557:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:156:15 PM | 18:406:40 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:156:15 PM | 19:307:30 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 23:1511:15 PM | 25:031:03 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:0512:05 AM+1 | 24:5312:53 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |