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Tuesday 27 December 1949 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:191:19 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:493:49 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:247:24 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:312:31 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4111:41 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4111:41 AM
At noon, 11:4111:41 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 89° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:226:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:247:24 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2411:24 AM–11:5811:58 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:071:07 PM–13:411:41 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:583:58 PM–16:294:29 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:583:58 PM–17:315:31 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:326:32 PM–20:208:20 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya07:477:47 AM–09:359:35 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:079:07 AM–09:419:41 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:329:32 AM–10:3710:37 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4111:41 AM–12:4512:45 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:491:49 PM–14:542:54 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:0810:08 PM–23:1011:10 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

Roga07:247:24 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Udvega08:288:28 AM–09:329:32 AMavoid
Cara09:329:32 AM–10:3710:37 AMneutral
Lābha10:3710:37 AM–11:4111:41 AMgood
Amṛta11:4111:41 AM–12:4512:45 PMgood
Kāla12:4512:45 PM–13:491:49 PMavoid
Śubha13:491:49 PM–14:542:54 PMgood
Roga14:542:54 PM–15:583:58 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla15:583:58 PM–17:545:54 PMavoid
Lābha17:545:54 PM–19:507:50 PMgood
Udvega19:507:50 PM–21:459:45 PMavoid
Śubha21:459:45 PM–23:4111:41 PMgood
Amṛta23:4111:41 PM–25:371:37 AM+1good
Cara25:371:37 AM+1–27:333:33 AM+1neutral
Roga27:333:33 AM+1–29:285:28 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:285:28 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:247:24 AM to 31:247:24 AM+1

07:247:24 AM sunrise15:583:58 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:493:49 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 23:5511:55 PM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Varīyānuntil 25:361:36 AM+1
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 14:312:31 PM
Bavauntil 27:493:49 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2411:24 AM–11:5811:58 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:491:49 PM–14:542:54 PM
Pradoṣa 15:583:58 PM–18:016:01 PM
Niśītha 23:1711:17 PM–24:0512:05 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:5811:58 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:542:54 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 34 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:016:01 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:0512:05 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  9. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī27:49 03:493:49 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā23:5511:55 PMRevatī
YogaVarīyān25:36 01:361:36 AM WedParigha
KaraṇaViṣṭi14:312:31 PMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:24 07:247:24 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2006
Śaka
1871
Kali
5050
Ahargaṇa
1 844 812
Day length
8 h 34 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:3311:33 AM
Moonset
24:0712:07 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:247:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:226:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:247:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:247:24 AM09:079:07 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra07:477:47 AM09:359:35 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:079:07 AM10:5010:50 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:079:07 AM09:419:41 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:329:32 AM10:3710:37 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1711:17 AM12:0512:05 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2411:24 AM11:5811:58 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4111:41 AM12:4512:45 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3212:32 PM14:152:15 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:071:07 PM13:411:41 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:491:49 PM14:542:54 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:152:15 PM15:583:58 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:583:58 PM18:016:01 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:583:58 PM16:294:29 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:583:58 PM17:315:31 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:326:32 PM20:208:20 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:0810:08 PM23:1011:10 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1711:17 PM24:0512:05 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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