Tuesday 12 January 1988 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:242:24 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:313:31 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:377:37 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:043:04 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2612:26 PM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 9 h 39 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
07:377:37 AM to 31:377:37 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 | 27:31 03:313:31 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | past sunrise | Svātī |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Wed | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:043:04 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:37 07:377:37 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:425:42 AM | 07:377:37 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:425:42 AM | 06:396:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:116:11 AM | 07:377:37 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:377:37 AM | 09:339:33 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:339:33 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:339:33 AM | 10:1110:11 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:1411:14 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0212:02 PM | 12:5012:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2612:26 PM | 13:391:39 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:241:24 PM | 15:203:20 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:032:03 PM | 14:412:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:034:03 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:203:20 PM | 17:165:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:203:20 PM | 17:025:02 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:165:16 PM | 19:107:10 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:165:16 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:165:16 PM | 18:426:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:5711:57 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 24:5012:50 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:321:32 AM+1 | 27:143:14 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |