Thursday 5 December 1985 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:225:22 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:314:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
17:015:01 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:0912:09 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 34 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:227:22 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 | 28:31 04:314:31 AM Fri | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Fri | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Viṣkambha | 24:08 00:0812:08 AM Fri | Prīti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 17:015:01 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:22 07:227:22 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:265:26 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:265:26 AM | 06:246:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:555:55 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:169:16 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:217:21 AM | 08:338:33 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:169:16 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:459:45 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:3310:33 AM | 11:1111:11 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:4511:45 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:2812:28 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:061:06 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:201:20 PM | 14:322:32 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:441:44 PM | 14:232:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:511:51 PM | 15:263:26 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:232:23 PM | 15:013:01 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:013:01 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:516:51 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:255:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:226:22 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:5612:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:4511:45 PM | 24:3312:33 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |