Tuesday 14 November 2056 · Baoding, Hebei, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:431:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:341:34 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:007:00 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:341:34 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:0312:03 PM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 04 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
07:007:00 AM to 31:017:01 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 | 25:34 01:341:34 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Dhaniṣṭhā | 29:44 05:445:44 AM Wed | Śatabhiṣā |
| Yoga | Vṛddhi | 14:572:57 PM | Dhruva |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:341:34 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:01 07:017:01 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:095:09 AM | 07:007:00 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:095:09 AM | 06:056:05 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:375:37 AM | 07:007:00 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:007:00 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:019:01 AM | 11:0211:02 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:019:01 AM | 09:419:41 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 09:169:16 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:319:31 AM | 10:4710:47 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3811:38 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:4211:42 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:0212:02 PM | 13:181:18 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:431:43 PM | 14:242:24 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:342:34 PM | 15:493:49 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:055:05 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:055:05 PM | 18:566:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:055:05 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:055:05 PM | 18:286:28 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:067:06 PM | 20:448:44 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3910:39 PM | 23:3511:35 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3911:39 PM | 24:2712:27 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |