Monday 20 May 2002 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:394:39 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:392:39 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:025:02 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:392:39 PM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 25 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
05:025:02 AM to 29:025:02 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 14:392:39 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 18:166:16 PM | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 25:37 01:371:37 AM Tue | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 14:392:39 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:244:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 05:025:02 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:025:02 AM | 07:557:55 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:398:39 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:546:54 AM | 08:258:25 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:557:55 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:2710:27 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4611:46 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:411:41 PM | 16:344:34 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:032:03 PM | 15:513:51 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:392:39 PM | 15:373:37 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:373:37 PM | 16:344:34 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:593:59 PM | 17:305:30 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:344:34 PM | 19:277:27 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:277:27 PM | 20:448:44 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:277:27 PM | 19:467:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:277:27 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5011:50 PM | 24:3812:38 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:431:43 AM+1 | 27:123:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |