Monday 31 October 1938 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:312:31 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:554:55 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:196:19 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:137:13 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 10 h 09 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
06:196:19 AM to 30:216:21 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 28:55 04:554:55 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 07:137:13 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Śūla | 18:376:37 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 15:453:45 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:21 06:216:21 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:284:28 AM | 06:196:19 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:284:28 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:564:56 AM | 06:196:19 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:196:19 AM | 08:218:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:357:35 AM | 08:518:51 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:218:21 AM | 10:2310:23 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0710:07 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 11:4111:41 AM | 13:281:28 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2412:24 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2412:24 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3912:39 PM | 13:561:56 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:051:05 PM | 13:451:45 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:451:45 PM | 14:262:26 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:262:26 PM | 16:284:28 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:284:28 PM | 18:196:19 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:284:28 PM | 16:554:55 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:284:28 PM | 17:515:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:2510:25 PM | 24:1212:12 AM+1 | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |