Tuesday 29 October 2002 · Changchun, Jilin, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:451:45 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:001:00+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:106:10 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
13:161:16 PM
Sādhya gives way to Śubha.
Noon
11:2211:22 AM
The Sun 33° above S. Day length 10 h 23 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
06:106:10 AM to 30:126:12+1 AM
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 | 25:00 01:001:00 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 22:1610:16 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 13:161:16 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:281:28 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:12 06:126:12 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:224:22 AM | 06:106:10 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:224:22 AM | 05:165:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:494:49 AM | 06:106:10 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:106:10 AM | 08:158:15 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 06:176:17 AM | 07:537:53 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:158:15 AM | 10:2010:20 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:158:15 AM | 08:578:57 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:0410:04 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5810:58 AM | 11:4611:46 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2211:22 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:061:06 PM | 13:481:48 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:581:58 PM | 15:163:16 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:344:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 15:523:52 PM | 17:285:28 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:344:34 PM | 18:236:23 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:344:34 PM | 17:015:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:344:34 PM | 17:565:56 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0110:01 PM | 22:5610:56 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 22:5910:59 PM | 23:4711:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |