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Wednesday 17 April 1929 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Caitra Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:1011:10 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:129:12 AM.

Observed here on this day

Rāma Navamī

Navamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:514:51 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

09:129:12 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 38 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Aśvinī and the Moon 97° ahead of it, in Puṣya, 56% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 97° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:283:28 AM–04:104:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā03:493:49 AM–04:514:51 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:561:56 PM–14:512:51 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:093:09 PM–16:404:40 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:296:29 PM–18:506:50 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:296:29 PM–19:317:31 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Varjya05:585:58 AM–07:307:30 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Yamagaṇḍa06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika09:589:58 AM–11:4011:40 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:1311:13 AM–12:0712:07 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:4011:40 AM–13:221:22 PMRāhu’s part of the day

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

Lābha04:514:51 AM–06:346:34 AMgood
Amṛta06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AMgood
Kāla08:168:16 AM–09:589:58 AMavoid
Śubha09:589:58 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Roga11:4011:40 AM–13:221:22 PMavoid
Udvega13:221:22 PM–15:053:05 PMavoid
Cara15:053:05 PM–16:474:47 PMneutral
Lābha16:474:47 PM–18:296:29 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega18:296:29 PM–19:477:47 PMavoid
Śubha19:477:47 PM–21:049:04 PMgood
Amṛta21:049:04 PM–22:2210:22 PMgood
Cara22:2210:22 PM–23:3911:39 PMneutral
Roga23:3911:39 PM–24:5712:57 AM+1avoid
Kāla24:5712:57 AM+1–26:142:14 AM+1avoid
Lābha26:142:14 AM+1–27:323:32 AM+1good
Udvega27:323:32 AM+1–28:494:49 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:514:51 AM to 28:494:49 AM+1

04:514:51 AM sunrise18:296:29 PM sunsetsunrise 28:494:49 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 09:129:12 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Puṣyauntil 21:159:15 PM
Āśleṣāpast sunrise
Yoga
Dhṛtiuntil 14:322:32 PM
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 09:129:12 AM
Bālavauntil 20:208:20 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:4011:40 AM–13:221:22 PM
Pradoṣa 18:296:29 PM–19:527:52 PM
Niśītha 23:1511:15 PM–24:0312:03 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. Budhavāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:221:22 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  5. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 38 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:527:52 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  9. ĀśleṣāNakṣatra: Puṣya ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0312:03 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī09:129:12 AMNavamī
NakṣatraPuṣya21:159:15 PMĀśleṣā
YogaDhṛti14:322:32 PMŚūla
KaraṇaBava09:129:12 AMBālava
VāraBudhavāra28:49 04:494:49 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Caitra
Month, pūrṇimānta
Caitra
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
1986
Śaka
1851
Kali
5030
Ahargaṇa
1 837 253
Day length
13 h 38 m
Sun in
Meṣa
Moon in
Karka
Moonrise
10:3810:38 AM
Moonset
26:432:43 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn03:283:28 AM04:514:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn03:283:28 AM04:104:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight03:493:49 AM04:514:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning04:514:51 AM07:357:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra05:585:58 AM07:307:30 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day06:346:34 AM08:168:16 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon07:357:35 AM10:1810:18 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day09:589:58 AM11:4011:40 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:1311:13 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM13:221:22 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:021:02 PM15:453:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:561:56 PM14:512:51 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:093:09 PM16:404:40 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Sāyāhnaevening15:453:45 PM18:296:29 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk18:296:29 PM19:527:52 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:296:29 PM18:506:50 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:296:29 PM19:317:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:1511:15 PM24:0312:03 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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