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Tuesday 30 December 2003 · Changchun, Jilin, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:285:28 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:506:50 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:137:13 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

18:036:03 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 8 h 56 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonChangchun11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 47% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:125:12 AM–06:136:13 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:435:43 AM–07:137:13 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–11:5911:59 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:101:10 PM–13:461:46 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:094:09 PM–16:394:39 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:094:09 PM–17:395:39 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:245:24 PM–19:067:06 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:009:00 AM–09:369:36 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:279:27 AM–10:3410:34 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4111:41 AM–12:4812:48 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:551:55 PM–15:023:02 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1110:11 PM–23:1111:11 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

Roga07:137:13 AM–08:208:20 AMavoid
Udvega08:208:20 AM–09:279:27 AMavoid
Cara09:279:27 AM–10:3410:34 AMneutral
Lābha10:3410:34 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Amṛta11:4111:41 AM–12:4812:48 PMgood
Kāla12:4812:48 PM–13:551:55 PMavoid
Śubha13:551:55 PM–15:023:02 PMgood
Roga15:023:02 PM–16:094:09 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:094:09 PM–18:026:02 PMavoid
Lābha18:026:02 PM–19:557:55 PMgood
Udvega19:557:55 PM–21:489:48 PMavoid
Śubha21:489:48 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Amṛta23:4111:41 PM–25:341:34 AM+1good
Cara25:341:34 AM+1–27:273:27 AM+1neutral
Roga27:273:27 AM+1–29:205:20 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:205:20 AM+1–31:137:13 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:137:13 AM to 31:137:13 AM+1

07:137:13 AM sunrise16:094:09 PM sunsetsunrise 31:137:13 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 30:506:50 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 22:3110:31 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 20:198:19 PM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 18:036:03 PM
Bavauntil 30:506:50 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–11:5911:59 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:551:55 PM–15:023:02 PM
Pradoṣa 16:094:09 PM–18:096:09 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05 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 11:5911:59 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:023:02 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 56 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:096:09 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  7. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī30:50 06:506:50 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā22:3110:31 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān20:198:19 PMParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi18:036:03 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:13 07:137:13 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2060
Śaka
1925
Kali
5104
Ahargaṇa
1 864 538
Day length
8 h 56 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3711:37 AM
Moonset
23:5411:54 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:125:12 AM07:137:13 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:125:12 AM06:136:13 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:435:43 AM07:137:13 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:137:13 AM09:009:00 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:009:00 AM10:4710:47 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:009:00 AM09:369:36 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:279:27 AM10:3410:34 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM11:5911:59 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM12:4812:48 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3512:35 PM14:222:22 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:101:10 PM13:461:46 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:551:55 PM15:023:02 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:222:22 PM16:094:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:094:09 PM18:096:09 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:094:09 PM16:394:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:094:09 PM17:395:39 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:245:24 PM19:067:06 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1110:11 PM23:1111:11 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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