Monday 5 August 1946 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:554:55 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:037:03 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:245:24 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
05:555:55 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:4612:46 PM
The Sun 61° above S. Day length 14 h 42 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
05:245:24 AM to 29:265:26+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 | 19:037:03 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 08:278:27 AM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 29:17 05:175:17 AM Tue | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 05:555:55 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:104:10 AM | 05:245:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:104:10 AM | 04:474:47 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:294:29 AM | 05:245:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:245:24 AM | 08:218:21 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:157:15 AM | 09:059:05 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:218:21 AM | 11:1711:17 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1612:16 PM | 13:151:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:2212:22 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:151:15 PM | 14:142:14 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:142:14 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:362:36 PM | 16:264:26 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:442:44 PM | 16:324:32 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 15:133:13 PM | 16:114:11 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 16:114:11 PM | 17:105:10 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 17:105:10 PM | 20:078:07 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 20:078:07 PM | 21:219:21 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 20:078:07 PM | 20:258:25 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 20:078:07 PM | 21:039:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:2212:22+1 AM | 25:101:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:301:30+1 AM | 27:183:18+1 AM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |