Monday 13 August 1956 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:254:25 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:175:17 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
04:354:35 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:358:35 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:4511:45 AM
The Sun 58° above S. Day length 14 h 19 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
04:354:35 AM to 28:364:36 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Śukla Aṣṭamī | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 28:22 04:224:22 AM Tue | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 08:358:35 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:454:45 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 28:36 04:364:36 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:183:18 AM | 04:354:35 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:183:18 AM | 03:563:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:373:37 AM | 04:354:35 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:354:35 AM | 07:277:27 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:226:22 AM | 08:108:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:277:27 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 08:508:50 AM | 10:3110:31 AM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:579:57 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 13:101:10 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:101:10 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:321:32 PM | 15:193:19 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:072:07 PM | 15:053:05 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:053:05 PM | 16:024:02 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:024:02 PM | 18:546:54 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:546:54 PM | 20:118:11 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:546:54 PM | 19:137:13 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:546:54 PM | 19:527:52 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 19:017:01 PM | 20:438:43 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2111:21 PM | 24:0912:09 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |