Monday 28 December 1953 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2712:27 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:003:00+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:417:41 AM
Uttara Phalgunī gives way to Hasta.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 35 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
07:247:24 AM to 31:247:24+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 27:00 03:003:00 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttara Phalgunī | 07:417:41 AM | Hasta |
| Yoga | Saubhāgya | 08:488:48 AM | Śobhana |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:431:43 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:24 07:247:24 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:226:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:247:24 AM | 09:079:07 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:288:28 AM | 09:339:33 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:079:07 AM | 10:5010:50 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3710:37 AM | 11:4111:41 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 11:5911:59 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:3312:33 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3312:33 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4612:46 PM | 13:501:50 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:071:07 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:411:41 PM | 14:162:16 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:162:16 PM | 15:593:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 15:593:59 PM | 18:026:02 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 15:593:59 PM | 16:304:30 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 15:593:59 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:075:07 PM | 18:556:55 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1811:18 PM | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:543:54+1 AM | 29:425:42+1 AM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |