Sunday 29 August 2055 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:215:21 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:004:00 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
06:386:38 AM
Indra gives way to Vaidhṛti.
Noon
12:1912:19 PM
The Sun 60° above S. Day length 13 h 09 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:455:45 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 | 28:00 04:004:00 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Anurādhā | 25:54 01:541:54 AM Mon | Jyeṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Indra | 06:386:38 AM | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:364:36 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:184:18 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:394:39 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:228:22 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:286:28 AM | 08:018:01 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:228:22 AM | 11:0011:00 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5311:53 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5511:55 AM | 12:4312:43 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:1912:19 PM | 13:581:58 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:381:38 PM | 16:164:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:312:31 PM | 15:233:23 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 15:363:36 PM | 17:155:15 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:483:48 PM | 17:215:21 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:164:16 PM | 18:546:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:085:08 PM | 18:016:01 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 17:155:15 PM | 18:546:54 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:546:54 PM | 20:208:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:546:54 PM | 19:157:15 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:546:54 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5511:55 PM | 24:4312:43 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |