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Saturday 16 January 2027 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:444:44 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:134:13 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:357:35 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

16:134:13 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

12:2812:28 PM

The Sun 30° above S. Day length 9 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonBaoding12:2812:28 PM
At noon, 12:2812:28 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 94° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:415:41 AM–06:386:38 AM
  • Abhijit12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PM
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:442:44 PM
  • Godhūli17:205:20 PM–17:495:49 PM
  • Amṛta kāla19:017:01 PM–20:368:36 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika07:357:35 AM–08:488:48 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:357:35 AM–08:148:14 AM
  • Durmuhūrta08:148:14 AM–08:538:53 AM
  • Rāhu kāla10:0210:02 AM–11:1511:15 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:411:41 PM–14:542:54 PM
  • Varjya22:1110:11 PM–23:4611:46 PM

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

Kāla07:357:35 AM–08:488:48 AMavoid
Śubha08:488:48 AM–10:0210:02 AMgood
Roga10:0210:02 AM–11:1511:15 AMavoid
Udvega11:1511:15 AM–12:2812:28 PMavoid
Cara12:2812:28 PM–13:411:41 PMneutral
Lābha13:411:41 PM–14:542:54 PMgood
Amṛta14:542:54 PM–16:074:07 PMgood
Kāla16:074:07 PM–17:205:20 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha17:205:20 PM–19:077:07 PMgood
Udvega19:077:07 PM–20:548:54 PMavoid
Śubha20:548:54 PM–22:4110:41 PMgood
Amṛta22:4110:41 PM–24:2812:28 AM+1good
Cara24:2812:28 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1neutral
Roga26:142:14 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1avoid
Kāla28:014:01 AM+1–29:485:48 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:485:48 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:357:35 AM to 31:357:35 AM+1

07:357:35 AM sunrise17:205:20 PM sunsetsunrise 31:357:35 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 16:134:13 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 26:092:09 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 17:095:09 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 16:134:13 PM
Bālavauntil 27:413:41 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 10:0210:02 AM–11:1511:15 AM
Abhijit 12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PM
Pradoṣa 17:205:20 PM–19:147:14 PM
Niśītha 24:0412:04 AM+1–24:5212:52 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 11:1511:15 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:4712:47 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  6. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 45 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 19:147:14 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:5212:52 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī16:134:13 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī26:09 02:092:09 AM SunBharaṇī
YogaSiddha17:095:09 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBava16:134:13 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:35 07:357:35 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2083
Śaka
1948
Kali
5127
Ahargaṇa
1 872 956
Day length
9 h 45 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:2811:28 AM
Moonset
25:491:49 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:415:41 AM07:357:35 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:415:41 AM06:386:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā06:106:10 AM07:357:35 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:357:35 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:357:35 AM08:488:48 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:357:35 AM08:148:14 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta08:148:14 AM08:538:53 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgava09:329:32 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla10:0210:02 AM11:1511:15 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit12:0812:08 PM12:4712:47 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa13:261:26 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa13:411:41 PM14:542:54 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya14:052:05 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:233:23 PM17:205:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa17:205:20 PM19:147:14 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli17:205:20 PM17:495:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:205:20 PM18:466:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla19:017:01 PM20:368:36 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjya22:1110:11 PM23:4611:46 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha24:0412:04 AM+124:5212:52 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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