Monday 5 May 2025 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 09:499:49 AM yesterday, and holds until 10:0610:06 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:165:16 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
10:0610:06 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 67° above S. Day length 13 h 58 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
05:165:16 AM to 29:155:15 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 | 10:0610:06 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Āśleṣā | 16:314:31 PM | Maghā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 26:50 02:502:50 AM Tue | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 10:0610:06 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:15 05:155:15 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:563:56 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:563:56 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:164:16 AM | 05:165:16 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:165:16 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:017:01 AM | 08:468:46 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4711:47 AM | 12:4312:43 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 | 12:4312:43 PM | 13:391:39 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:391:39 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:002:00 PM | 15:453:45 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:352:35 PM | 15:313:31 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 14:512:51 PM | 16:314:31 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:313:31 PM | 16:264:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:264:26 PM | 19:147:14 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:147:14 PM | 20:348:34 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:147:14 PM | 19:347:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:147:14 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |