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Tuesday 20 January 1948 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 07:097:09 AM yesterday, and holds until 07:447:44 AM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:187:18 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:447:44 AM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:5111:51 AM

The Sun 23° above S. Day length 9 h 06 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:5111:51 AM
At noon, 11:5111:51 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 98° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 57% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 98° falls in Śukla Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:195:19 AM–06:186:18 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:495:49 AM–07:187:18 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3311:33 AM–12:0912:09 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:221:22 PM–13:581:58 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:244:24 PM–16:544:54 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:244:24 PM–17:535:53 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:096:09+1 AM–31:467:46+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:079:07 AM–09:449:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:359:35 AM–10:4310:43 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:5111:51 AM–12:5912:59 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla14:072:07 PM–15:163:16 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:278:27 PM–22:0410:04 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta22:2110:21 PM–23:2111:21 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:187:18 AM–08:268:26 AMavoid
Udvega08:268:26 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Cara09:359:35 AM–10:4310:43 AMneutral
Lābha10:4310:43 AM–11:5111:51 AMgood
Amṛta11:5111:51 AM–12:5912:59 PMgood
Kāla12:5912:59 PM–14:072:07 PMavoid
Śubha14:072:07 PM–15:163:16 PMgood
Roga15:163:16 PM–16:244:24 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:244:24 PM–18:166:16 PMavoid
Lābha18:166:16 PM–20:078:07 PMgood
Udvega20:078:07 PM–21:599:59 PMavoid
Śubha21:599:59 PM–23:5111:51 PMgood
Amṛta23:5111:51 PM–25:421:42+1 AMgood
Cara25:421:42+1 AM–27:343:34+1 AMneutral
Roga27:343:34+1 AM–29:265:26+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:265:26+1 AM–31:177:17+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:187:18 AM to 31:177:17+1 AM

07:187:18 AM sunrise16:244:24 PM sunsetsunrise 31:177:17+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 07:447:44 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 10:4510:45 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sādhyauntil 17:525:52 PM
Śubhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 07:447:44 AM
Bālavauntil 19:437:43 PM
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3311:33 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 14:072:07 PM–15:163:16 PM
Pradoṣa 16:244:24 PM–18:236:23 PM
Niśītha 23:2711:27 PM–24:1512:15+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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  3. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  4. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  5. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  6. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:163:16 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  7. SunsetDay length 9 h 06 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:236:23 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. ŚubhaYoga: Sādhya ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1512:15+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī07:447:44 AMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī10:4510:45 AMBharaṇī
YogaSādhya17:525:52 PMŚubha
KaraṇaBava07:447:44 AMBālava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:17 07:177:17 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2004
Śaka
1869
Kali
5048
Ahargaṇa
1 844 105
Day length
9 h 06 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:1311:13 AM
Moonset
25:401:40+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:195:19 AM07:187:18 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:195:19 AM06:186:18 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:495:49 AM07:187:18 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:187:18 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:079:07 AM09:449:44 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:359:35 AM10:4310:43 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2711:27 AM12:1512:15 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3311:33 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:5111:51 AM12:5912:59 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4612:46 PM14:352:35 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:221:22 PM13:581:58 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day14:072:07 PM15:163:16 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:352:35 PM16:244:24 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:244:24 PM18:236:23 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:244:24 PM16:544:54 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:244:24 PM17:535:53 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:278:27 PM22:0410:04 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:2110:21 PM23:2111:21 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2711:27 PM24:1512:15+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:096:09+1 AM31:467:46+1 AMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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