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Saturday 13 January 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:511:51 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:1812:18+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:227:22 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1110:11 AM

Śiva gives way to Siddha.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 53 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 89° ahead of it, in Revatī, 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 muhūrta05:215:21 AM–06:226:22 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:515:51 AM–07:227:22 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:0612:06 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Amṛta kāla12:0612:06 PM–13:371:37 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:181:18 PM–13:531:53 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:154:15 PM–16:464:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:154:15 PM–17:465:46 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla30:446:44+1 AM–32:178:17+1 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Gulika07:227:22 AM–08:298:29 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta07:227:22 AM–07:587:58 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Durmuhūrta07:587:58 AM–08:338:33 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:5512:55 PM–14:022:02 PMYama’s part of the day

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

Kāla07:227:22 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Śubha08:298:29 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Roga09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Udvega10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AMavoid
Cara11:4911:49 AM–12:5512:55 PMneutral
Lābha12:5512:55 PM–14:022:02 PMgood
Amṛta14:022:02 PM–15:093:09 PMgood
Kāla15:093:09 PM–16:154:15 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:154:15 PM–18:096:09 PMgood
Udvega18:096:09 PM–20:028:02 PMavoid
Śubha20:028:02 PM–21:559:55 PMgood
Amṛta21:559:55 PM–23:4811:48 PMgood
Cara23:4811:48 PM–25:421:42+1 AMneutral
Roga25:421:42+1 AM–27:353:35+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:353:35+1 AM–29:285:28+1 AMavoid
Lābha29:285:28+1 AM–31:227:22+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:227:22 AM to 31:227:22+1 AM

07:227:22 AM sunrise16:154:15 PM sunsetsunrise 31:227:22+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:1812:18+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 14:232:23 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 10:1110:11 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 13:011:01 PM
Bavauntil 24:1812:18+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AM
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:0612:06 PM
Pradoṣa 16:154:15 PM–18:166:16 PM
Niśītha 23:2411:24 PM–24:1212:12+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4210:42 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0612:06 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  6. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  7. SunsetDay length 8 h 53 m.
  8. PradoṣaUntil 18:166:16 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1212:12+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī24:18 00:1812:18 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī14:232:23 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva10:1110:11 AMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi13:011:01 PMBava
VāraŚanivāra31:22 07:227:22 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2018
Śaka
1883
Kali
5062
Ahargaṇa
1 849 212
Day length
8 h 53 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:2411:24 AM
Moonset
24:3012:30+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:215:21 AM07:227:22 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:215:21 AM06:226:22 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:515:51 AM07:227:22 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:227:22 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day07:227:22 AM08:298:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:227:22 AM07:587:58 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:587:58 AM08:338:33 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5510:55 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:359:35 AM10:4210:42 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:0612:06 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:371:37 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4212:42 PM14:292:29 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day12:5512:55 PM14:022:02 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:181:18 PM13:531:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:292:29 PM16:154:15 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:154:15 PM18:166:16 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:154:15 PM16:464:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:154:15 PM17:465:46 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2411:24 PM24:1212:12+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra30:446:44+1 AM32:178:17+1 AMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
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