Friday 9 April 1965 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:429:42 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:367:36 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:525:52 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:476:47 AM
Atigaṇḍa gives way to Sukarmā.
Noon
12:2012:20 PM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 12 h 57 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
05:525:52 AM to 29:505:50 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 | 19:367:36 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 21:489:48 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Atigaṇḍa | 06:476:47 AM | Sukarmā |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 08:408:40 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 29:50 05:505:50 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:234:23 AM | 05:525:52 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:234:23 AM | 05:085:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:454:45 AM | 05:525:52 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:525:52 AM | 08:278:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 07:297:29 AM | 09:069:06 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:278:27 AM | 11:0311:03 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 08:278:27 AM | 09:199:19 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjya | 10:2910:29 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Rāhu kāla | 10:4310:43 AM | 12:2012:20 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijit | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:381:38 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:381:38 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijaya | 14:302:30 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 15:343:34 PM | 17:115:11 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhna | 16:134:13 PM | 18:496:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:496:49 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:496:49 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:496:49 PM | 19:557:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kāla | 19:327:32 PM | 21:039:03 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 29:205:20 AM+1 | 30:506:50 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |