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March 1966 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePhālguna Śukla to Caitra ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 14 March 1966 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Phālguna Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:537:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 20:568:56 PM.

Observed here on this day

Śītalāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:336:33 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:198:19 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

12:2812:28 PM

The Sun 48° above S. Day length 11 h 50 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2812:28 PM
At noon, 12:2812:28 PM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 272° ahead of it, in Mūla, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 272° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:554:55 AM–05:445:44 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:205:20 AM–06:336:33 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0412:04 PM–12:5212:52 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:262:26 PM–15:143:14 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:236:23 PM–18:476:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:236:23 PM–19:367:36 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla28:094:09 AM+1–29:535:53 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:028:02 AM–09:309:30 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:5910:59 AM–12:2812:28 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5212:52 PM–13:391:39 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:571:57 PM–15:253:25 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:143:14 PM–16:014:01 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:465:46 PM–19:307:30 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Amṛta06:336:33 AM–08:028:02 AMgood
Kāla08:028:02 AM–09:309:30 AMavoid
Śubha09:309:30 AM–10:5910:59 AMgood
Roga10:5910:59 AM–12:2812:28 PMavoid
Udvega12:2812:28 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Cara13:571:57 PM–15:253:25 PMneutral
Lābha15:253:25 PM–16:544:54 PMgood
Amṛta16:544:54 PM–18:236:23 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara18:236:23 PM–19:547:54 PMneutral
Roga19:547:54 PM–21:259:25 PMavoid
Kāla21:259:25 PM–22:5610:56 PMavoid
Lābha22:5610:56 PM–24:2712:27 AM+1good
Udvega24:2712:27 AM+1–25:581:58 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:581:58 AM+1–27:293:29 AM+1good
Amṛta27:293:29 AM+1–29:005:00 AM+1good
Cara29:005:00 AM+1–30:316:31 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:336:33 AM to 30:316:31 AM+1

06:336:33 AM sunrise18:236:23 PM sunsetsunrise 30:316:31 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 20:568:56 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhāuntil 09:079:07 AM
Mūlapast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhiuntil 15:453:45 PM
Vyatīpātapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 08:198:19 AM
Kaulavauntil 20:568:56 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:028:02 AM–09:309:30 AM
Abhijit 12:0412:04 PM–12:5212:52 PM
Pradoṣa 18:236:23 PM–20:008:00 PM
Niśītha 24:0312:03 AM+1–24:5112:51 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Somavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:309:30 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. MūlaNakṣatra: Jyeṣṭhā ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:5212:52 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. VyatīpātaYoga: Siddhi ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 11 h 50 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:008:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5112:51 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī20:568:56 PMNavamī
NakṣatraJyeṣṭhā09:079:07 AMMūla
YogaSiddhi15:453:45 PMVyatīpāta
KaraṇaBālava08:198:19 AMKaulava
VāraSomavāra30:31 06:316:31 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2022
Śaka
1887
Kali
5066
Ahargaṇa
1 850 733
Day length
11 h 50 m
Sun in
Kumbha
Moon in
Vṛścika
Moonrise
26:382:38 AM+1
Moonset
10:5410:54 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:554:55 AM06:336:33 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:554:55 AM05:445:44 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:205:20 AM06:336:33 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:336:33 AM08:558:55 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:028:02 AM09:309:30 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:558:55 AM11:1711:17 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:5910:59 AM12:2812:28 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5212:52 PM13:391:39 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:391:39 PM16:014:01 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:571:57 PM15:253:25 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:262:26 PM15:143:14 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:143:14 PM16:014:01 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:014:01 PM18:236:23 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:465:46 PM19:307:30 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:236:23 PM20:008:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:236:23 PM18:476:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:236:23 PM19:367:36 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:0312:03 AM+124:5112:51 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra28:094:09 AM+129:535:53 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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