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Wednesday 12 April 2000 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:3110:31 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:338:33 AM.

Observed here on this day

Rāma Navamī

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

At sunrise

05:475:47 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

06:276:27 AM

Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.

Noon

12:1912:19 PM

The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 05 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:1912:19 PM
At noon, 12:1912:19 PM, the Sun is in Revatī and the Moon 98° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 98° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:194:19 AM–05:035:03 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:414:41 AM–05:475:47 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya14:302:30 PM–15:223:22 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli18:526:52 PM–19:147:14 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:526:52 PM–19:577:57 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla23:1711:17 PM–24:4812:48 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa07:257:25 AM–09:039:03 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4110:41 AM–12:1912:19 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:5311:53 AM–12:4512:45 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla12:1912:19 PM–13:571:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya14:062:06 PM–15:383:38 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha05:475:47 AM–07:257:25 AMgood
Amṛta07:257:25 AM–09:039:03 AMgood
Kāla09:039:03 AM–10:4110:41 AMavoid
Śubha10:4110:41 AM–12:1912:19 PMgood
Roga12:1912:19 PM–13:571:57 PMavoid
Udvega13:571:57 PM–15:363:36 PMavoid
Cara15:363:36 PM–17:145:14 PMneutral
Lābha17:145:14 PM–18:526:52 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:526:52 PM–20:148:14 PMavoid
Śubha20:148:14 PM–21:359:35 PMgood
Amṛta21:359:35 PM–22:5710:57 PMgood
Cara22:5710:57 PM–24:1912:19 AM+1neutral
Roga24:1912:19 AM+1–25:401:40 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:401:40 AM+1–27:023:02 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:023:02 AM+1–28:234:23 AM+1good
Udvega28:234:23 AM+1–29:455:45 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:475:47 AM to 29:455:45 AM+1

05:475:47 AM sunrise18:526:52 PM sunsetsunrise 29:455:45 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 08:338:33 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Punarvasuuntil 06:276:27 AM
Puṣyauntil 29:245:24 AM+1
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 08:548:54 AM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 08:338:33 AM
Bālavauntil 19:387:38 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 12:1912:19 PM–13:571:57 PM
Pradoṣa 18:526:52 PM–20:198:19 PM
Niśītha 23:5511:55 PM–24:4312:43 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. PuṣyaNakṣatra: Punarvasu ends.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:571:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 13 h 05 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 20:198:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:4312:43 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  12. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī08:338:33 AMNavamī
NakṣatraPunarvasu06:276:27 AMPuṣya
YogaSukarmā08:548:54 AMDhṛti
KaraṇaBava08:338:33 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra29:45 05:455:45 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2057
Śaka
1922
Kali
5101
Ahargaṇa
1 863 181
Day length
13 h 05 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
12:0012:00 PM
Moonset
26:412:41 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:194:19 AM05:475:47 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:194:19 AM05:035:03 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:414:41 AM05:475:47 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:475:47 AM08:248:24 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day07:257:25 AM09:039:03 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon08:248:24 AM11:0111:01 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4110:41 AM12:1912:19 PMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:5311:53 AM12:4512:45 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day12:1912:19 PM13:571:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:381:38 PM16:154:15 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra14:062:06 PM15:383:38 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:302:30 PM15:223:22 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening16:154:15 PM18:526:52 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:526:52 PM20:198:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:526:52 PM19:147:14 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:526:52 PM19:577:57 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra23:1711:17 PM24:4812:48 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5511:55 PM24:4312:43 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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