Monday 31 August 2048 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:302:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:584:58 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:475:47 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:476:47 AM
Vyāghāta gives way to Harṣaṇa.
Noon
12:1812:18 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 03 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
05:475:47 AM to 29:485:48 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 28:58 04:584:58 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 07:317:31 AM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Vyāghāta | 06:476:47 AM | Harṣaṇa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:423:42 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 04:194:19 AM | 05:475:47 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 04:194:19 AM | 05:035:03 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 04:414:41 AM | 05:475:47 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 05:475:47 AM | 08:238:23 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 07:257:25 AM | 09:029:02 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 08:238:23 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4010:40 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijit | 11:5211:52 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhna | 11:5411:54 AM | 12:4212:42 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:4412:44 PM | 13:361:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 13:361:36 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:561:56 PM | 15:343:34 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 14:292:29 PM | 15:213:21 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 15:213:21 PM | 16:134:13 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 16:134:13 PM | 18:496:49 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 18:496:49 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 18:496:49 PM | 19:117:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 18:496:49 PM | 19:557:55 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśītha | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjya | 25:331:33 AM+1 | 27:213:21 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |