Wednesday 10 February 1954 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:265:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:393:39+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 24 of 112 minutes of aruṇodaya. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:536:53 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:227:22 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:5411:54 AM
The Sun 29° above S. Day length 10 h 02 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
06:536:53 AM to 30:526:52+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 | 27:39 03:393:39 AM Thu | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | 14:272:27 PM | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 07:227:22 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:294:29 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 30:52 06:526:52 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:025:02 AM | 06:536:53 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:025:02 AM | 05:575:57 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:295:29 AM | 06:536:53 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:536:53 AM | 08:548:54 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:098:09 AM | 09:249:24 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:548:54 AM | 10:5410:54 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 09:559:55 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:3910:39 AM | 11:5511:55 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:1912:19 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:3511:35 AM | 12:1512:15 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:5511:55 AM | 13:101:10 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5512:55 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:351:35 PM | 14:152:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:552:55 PM | 16:564:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:564:56 PM | 18:476:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:564:56 PM | 17:245:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:564:56 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:3011:30 PM | 24:1812:18+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:591:59+1 AM | 27:313:31+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |