Friday 13 April 1928 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:383:38 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:274:27+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
The Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
04:584:58 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:109:10 AM
Śiva gives way to Siddha.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 26 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
04:584:58 AM to 28:564:56+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 | 28:27 04:274:27 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 09:119:11 AM | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śiva | 09:109:10 AM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 16:094:09 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 28:56 04:564:56 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:584:58 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:343:34 AM | 04:164:16 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:553:55 AM | 04:584:58 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:584:58 AM | 07:397:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 06:396:39 AM | 08:208:20 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:397:39 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:397:39 AM | 08:338:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0812:08 PM | 13:021:02 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:433:43 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 15:033:03 PM | 16:434:43 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:433:43 PM | 18:246:24 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:365:36 PM | 19:177:17 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:246:24 PM | 19:487:48 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:246:24 PM | 18:456:45 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:246:24 PM | 19:277:27 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1611:16 PM | 24:0412:04+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:433:43+1 AM | 29:245:24+1 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |