Tuesday 31 January 2012 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:4910:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:291:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:267:26 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1012:10 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 34° above S. Day length 10 h 11 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
07:267:26 AM to 31:267:26 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 | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | past sunrise | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:286:28 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:1012:10 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:26 07:267:26 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:365:36 AM | 07:267:26 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:365:36 AM | 06:316:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:036:03 AM | 07:267:26 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:267:26 AM | 09:289:28 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:289:28 AM | 11:3111:31 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:289:28 AM | 10:0910:09 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:599:59 AM | 11:1511:15 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0812:08 PM | 12:5612:56 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 12:5212:52 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3212:32 PM | 13:481:48 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:331:33 PM | 15:353:35 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:132:13 PM | 14:542:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:043:04 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:353:35 PM | 17:375:37 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:154:15 PM | 18:036:03 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:375:37 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:375:37 PM | 18:056:05 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:375:37 PM | 19:007:00 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0811:08 PM | 24:0412:04 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:043:04 AM+1 | 28:534:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |