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Saturday 14 January 1905 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 14:562:56 PM yesterday, and holds until 17:195:19 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:227:22 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

17:195:19 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 55 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 93° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 53% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 93° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:227:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:181:18 PM–13:541:54 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:174:17 PM–16:474:47 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:174:17 PM–17:475:47 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla21:509:50 PM–23:3711:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:227:22 AM–08:298:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:227:22 AM–07:577:57 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:577:57 AM–08:338:33 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya25:231:23+1 AM–27:093:09+1 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Kāla07:227:22 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Śubha08:298:29 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Roga09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Udvega10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Cara11:4911:49 AM–12:5612:56 PMneutral
Lābha12:5612:56 PM–14:032:03 PMgood
Amṛta14:032:03 PM–15:103:10 PMgood
Kāla15:103:10 PM–16:174:17 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:174:17 PM–18:106:10 PMgood
Udvega18:106:10 PM–20:038:03 PMavoid
Śubha20:038:03 PM–21:569:56 PMgood
Amṛta21:569:56 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Cara23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42+1 AMneutral
Roga25:421:42+1 AM–27:353:35+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:353:35+1 AM–29:285:28+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:285:28+1 AM–31:217:21+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21+1 AM

07:227:22 AM sunrise16:174:17 PM sunsetsunrise 31:217:21+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 17:195:19 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 29:495:49+1 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 20:508:50 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 17:195:19 PM
Bālavauntil 30:206:20+1 AM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 16:174:17 PM–18:176:17 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4210:42 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. SunsetDay length 8 h 55 m.
  5. PradoṣaUntil 18:176:17 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  6. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  7. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  8. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  11. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī17:195:19 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī29:49 05:495:49 AM SunBharaṇī
YogaSiddha20:508:50 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBava17:195:19 PMBālava
VāraŚanivāra31:21 07:217:21 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1961
Śaka
1826
Kali
5005
Ahargaṇa
1 828 394
Day length
8 h 55 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:2611:26 AM
Moonset
24:5112:51+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:227:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:227:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:227:22 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:227:22 AM08:298:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:227:22 AM07:577:57 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:577:57 AM08:338:33 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:359:35 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:302:30 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:5612:56 PM14:032:03 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:181:18 PM13:541:54 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:302:30 PM16:174:17 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:174:17 PM18:176:17 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:174:17 PM16:474:47 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:174:17 PM17:475:47 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra21:509:50 PM23:3711:37 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra25:231:23+1 AM27:093:09+1 AMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
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