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Wednesday 31 March 1993 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2912:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:3911:39 PM.

Observed here on this day

Bhavānī Utpatti

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

At sunrise

06:056:05 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1012:10 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:2212:22 PM

The Sun 55° above S. Day length 12 h 35 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2212:22 PM
At noon, 12:2212:22 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Ārdrā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM–05:205:20 AM
  • Amṛta kāla08:028:02 AM–09:399:39 AM
  • Vijaya14:292:29 PM–15:193:19 PM
  • Godhūli18:406:40 PM–19:037:03 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:407:40 AM–09:149:14 AM
  • Gulika10:4810:48 AM–12:2312:23 PM
  • Durmuhūrta11:5811:58 AM–12:4812:48 PM
  • Rāhu kāla12:2312:23 PM–13:571:57 PM
  • Varjya29:435:43 AM+1–31:167:16 AM+1

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

Lābha06:056:05 AM–07:407:40 AMgood
Amṛta07:407:40 AM–09:149:14 AMgood
Kāla09:149:14 AM–10:4810:48 AMavoid
Śubha10:4810:48 AM–12:2312:23 PMgood
Roga12:2312:23 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Udvega13:571:57 PM–15:313:31 PMavoid
Cara15:313:31 PM–17:065:06 PMneutral
Lābha17:065:06 PM–18:406:40 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:406:40 PM–20:068:06 PMavoid
Śubha20:068:06 PM–21:319:31 PMgood
Amṛta21:319:31 PM–22:5610:56 PMgood
Cara22:5610:56 PM–24:2212:22 AM+1neutral
Roga24:2212:22 AM+1–25:471:47 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:471:47 AM+1–27:133:13 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:133:13 AM+1–28:384:38 AM+1good
Udvega28:384:38 AM+1–30:046:04 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:056:05 AM to 30:046:04 AM+1

06:056:05 AM sunrise18:406:40 PM sunsetsunrise 30:046:04 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:3911:39 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Ārdrāuntil 18:036:03 PM
Punarvasupast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 17:365:36 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:1012:10 PM
Bavauntil 23:3911:39 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:2312:23 PM–13:571:57 PM
Pradoṣa 18:406:40 PM–20:118:11 PM
Niśītha 23:5811:58 PM–24:4612:46 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:571:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  5. PunarvasuNakṣatra: Ārdrā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 12 h 35 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 20:118:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4612:46 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:3911:39 PMNavamī
NakṣatraĀrdrā18:036:03 PMPunarvasu
YogaŚobhana17:365:36 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:1012:10 PMBava
VāraBudhavāra30:04 06:046:04 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2050
Śaka
1915
Kali
5094
Ahargaṇa
1 860 612
Day length
12 h 35 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Mithuna
Moonrise
11:1811:18 AM
Moonset
26:032:03 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya04:344:34 AM06:056:05 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta04:344:34 AM05:205:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā04:574:57 AM06:056:05 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla06:056:05 AM08:368:36 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa07:407:40 AM09:149:14 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Amṛta kāla08:028:02 AM09:399:39 AMsixtieths 36 to 39 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgava08:368:36 AM11:0711:07 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika10:4810:48 AM12:2312:23 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrta11:5811:58 AM12:4812:48 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:5911:59 AM12:4712:47 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kāla12:2312:23 PM13:571:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇa13:381:38 PM16:094:09 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijaya14:292:29 PM15:193:19 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna16:094:09 PM18:406:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:406:40 PM20:118:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:406:40 PM19:037:03 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:406:40 PM19:487:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:5811:58 PM24:4612:46 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjya29:435:43 AM+131:167:16 AM+1sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
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