Monday 26 April 1954 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:051:05 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:3812:38+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
04:364:36 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:578:57 AM
Uttarāṣāḍhā gives way to Śravaṇa.
Noon
11:3811:38 AM
The Sun 57° above S. Day length 14 h 05 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
04:364:36 AM to 28:344:34+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 | 24:38 00:3812:38 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Uttarāṣāḍhā | 08:578:57 AM | Śravaṇa |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 11:0811:08 AM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:5712:57 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:34 04:344:34 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:163:16 AM | 04:364:36 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:163:16 AM | 03:563:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:363:36 AM | 04:364:36 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:364:36 AM | 07:257:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:216:21 AM | 08:078:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:257:25 AM | 10:1410:14 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:539:53 AM | 11:3811:38 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0612:06 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1411:14 AM | 12:0212:02 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0612:06 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 12:5612:56 PM | 14:322:32 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:031:03 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:241:24 PM | 15:103:10 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:591:59 PM | 14:562:56 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:562:56 PM | 15:523:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:523:52 PM | 18:416:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:416:41 PM | 20:008:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:416:41 PM | 19:017:01 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:416:41 PM | 19:407:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:3210:32 PM | 24:0812:08+1 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1311:13 PM | 24:0112:01+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |