Monday 15 March 1993 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:1112:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3412:34 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:306:30 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:4410:44 AM
Jyeṣṭhā gives way to Mūla.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 49° above S. Day length 11 h 54 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
06:306:30 AM to 30:296:29 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 | 24:34 00:3412:34 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 10:4410:44 AM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 15:123:12 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:1712:17 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:29 06:296:29 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:544:54 AM | 06:306:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:544:54 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:185:18 AM | 06:306:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 06:306:30 AM | 08:538:53 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:008:00 AM | 09:299:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:538:53 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:5810:58 AM | 12:2712:27 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 12:0412:04 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:5112:51 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:391:39 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:571:57 PM | 15:263:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:262:26 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:143:14 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:024:02 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:246:24 PM | 20:018:01 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:246:24 PM | 18:496:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:246:24 PM | 19:377:37 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 19:107:10 PM | 20:518:51 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kāla | 29:175:17 AM+1 | 30:586:58 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |