Tuesday 24 October 1978 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 19:187:18 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:509:50 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:366:36 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:348:34 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0212:02 PM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 10 h 52 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
06:366:36 AM to 30:376:37 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 | 21:509:50 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 28:47 04:474:47 AM Wed | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 27:11 03:113:11 AM Wed | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 08:348:34 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:37 06:376:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:366:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:185:18 AM | 06:366:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:366:36 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:478:47 AM | 09:309:30 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:199:19 AM | 10:4110:41 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:4710:47 AM | 12:3512:35 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4011:40 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:241:24 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:071:07 PM | 15:183:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:511:51 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:452:45 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:183:18 PM | 17:285:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:285:28 PM | 19:137:13 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:285:28 PM | 17:545:54 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:285:28 PM | 18:476:47 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 21:359:35 PM | 23:2311:23 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:4410:44 PM | 23:3611:36 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |