Tuesday 18 July 1972 · Beijing, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:432:43 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:524:52 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:015:01 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:463:46 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 71° above S. Day length 14 h 39 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
05:015:01 AM to 29:025:02 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 | 28:52 04:524:52 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | 24:33 00:3312:33 AM Wed | Svātī |
| Yoga | Siddha | 25:50 01:501:50 AM Wed | Sādhya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:463:46 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:02 05:025:02 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:463:46 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:463:46 AM | 04:234:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:054:05 AM | 05:015:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:015:01 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:456:45 AM | 08:328:32 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:5210:52 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:577:57 AM | 08:558:55 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:418:41 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:5012:50 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4412:44 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2012:20 PM | 14:102:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:481:48 PM | 16:444:44 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:472:47 PM | 15:453:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 16:004:00 PM | 17:505:50 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:444:44 PM | 19:407:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 17:265:26 PM | 19:127:12 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:407:40 PM | 20:558:55 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:407:40 PM | 19:597:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:407:40 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:0212:02 AM+1 | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5711:57 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |