Tuesday 2 October 1900 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 17:155:15 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:045:04 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:032:03 PM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
11:3511:35 AM
The Sun 40° above S. Day length 11 h 40 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:455:45+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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 17:045:04 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 25:02 01:021:02 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 14:032:03 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 17:045:04 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:45 05:455:45 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:064:06 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:064:06 AM | 04:554:55 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:304:30 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:048:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:048:04 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:048:04 AM | 08:518:51 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:398:39 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 10:3010:30 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1011:10 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1111:11 AM | 11:5811:58 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:3411:34 AM | 13:021:02 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4412:44 PM | 15:043:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:311:31 PM | 14:182:18 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:292:29 PM | 15:573:57 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:043:04 PM | 17:245:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:245:24 PM | 19:037:03 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:245:24 PM | 17:495:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:245:24 PM | 18:386:38 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 20:118:11 PM | 21:489:48 PM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2110:21 PM | 23:1011:10 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1111:11 PM | 23:5911:59 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |