Wednesday 1 September 1915 · Bucharest, Romania
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:293:29 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:535:53 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:215:21 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:475:47 AM
Kṛttikā gives way to Rohiṇī.
Noon
12:0012:00 PM
The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 17 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
05:215:21 AM to 29:225:22 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 | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Kṛttikā | 05:475:47 AM | Rohiṇī |
| Yoga | Harṣaṇa | 27:40 03:403:40 AM Thu | Vajra |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:404:40 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:22 05:225:22 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:553:55 AM | 05:215:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:553:55 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:174:17 AM | 05:215:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:215:21 AM | 08:008:00 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:007:00 AM | 08:408:40 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:008:00 AM | 10:4010:40 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:2010:20 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3311:33 AM | 12:2612:26 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5911:59 AM | 13:391:39 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:593:59 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:122:12 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:593:59 PM | 18:386:38 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:386:38 PM | 20:048:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:386:38 PM | 18:596:59 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:386:38 PM | 19:427:42 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3611:36 PM | 24:2412:24 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 23:4511:45 PM | 25:321:32 AM+1 | sixtieths 41 to 44 of the nakṣatra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 29:085:08 AM+1 | 30:566:56 AM+1 | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |