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Tuesday 15 January 2069 · Baoding, Hebei, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 06:576:57 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 33:359:35 AM+1, past the next sunrise.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:357:35 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

20:178:17 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

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 266° ahead of it, in Citrā, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 266° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:415:41 AM–06:386:38 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:106:10 AM–07:357:35 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:052:05 PM–14:442:44 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:205:20 PM–17:495:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:205:20 PM–18:466:46 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla24:2112:21 AM+1–26:092:09 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:329:32 AM–10:1110:11 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:0210:02 AM–11:1511:15 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:2812:28 PM–13:411:41 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya13:311:31 PM–15:203:20 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla14:542:54 PM–16:074:07 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta23:0211:02 PM–23:5911:59 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:357:35 AM–08:498:49 AMavoid
Udvega08:498:49 AM–10:0210:02 AMavoid
Cara10:0210:02 AM–11:1511:15 AMneutral
Lābha11:1511:15 AM–12:2812:28 PMgood
Amṛta12:2812:28 PM–13:411:41 PMgood
Kāla13:411:41 PM–14:542:54 PMavoid
Śubha14:542:54 PM–16:074:07 PMgood
Roga16:074:07 PM–17:205:20 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:205:20 PM–19:077:07 PMavoid
Lābha19:077:07 PM–20:548:54 PMgood
Udvega20:548:54 PM–22:4110:41 PMavoid
Śubha22:4110:41 PM–24:2812:28 AM+1good
Amṛta24:2812:28 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1good
Cara26:142:14 AM+1–28:014:01 AM+1neutral
Roga28:014:01 AM+1–29:485:48 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:485:48 AM+1–31:357:35 AM+1avoid

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
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 31:347:34 AM+1
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 22:2410:24 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 20:178:17 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:0812:08 PM–12:4712:47 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:542:54 PM–16:074:07 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:4712:47 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:074:07 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 9 h 45 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 19:147:14 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  7. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:5212:52 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  10. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamīpast sunriseNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā31:34 07:347:34 AM WedSvātī
YogaSukarmā22:2410:24 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava20:178:17 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:35 07:357:35 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2125
Śaka
1990
Kali
5169
Ahargaṇa
1 888 296
Day length
9 h 45 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
25:011:01 AM+1
Moonset
11:1611:16 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:415:41 AM07:357:35 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:415:41 AM06:386:38 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:106:10 AM07:357:35 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:357:35 AM09:329:32 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:329:32 AM11:2911:29 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:329:32 AM10:1110:11 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:0210:02 AM11:1511:15 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:0412:04 PM12:5212:52 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:0812:08 PM12:4712:47 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:2812:28 PM13:411:41 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:261:26 PM15:233:23 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra13:311:31 PM15:203:20 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:052:05 PM14:442:44 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:542:54 PM16:074:07 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:233:23 PM17:205:20 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:205:20 PM19:147:14 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:205:20 PM17:495:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:205:20 PM18:466:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:0211:02 PM23:5911:59 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:0412:04 AM+124:5212:52 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra24:2112:21 AM+126:092:09 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
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