Thursday 12 April 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 15:163:16 PM yesterday, and holds until 16:354:35 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:015:01 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:022:02 PM
Punarvasu gives way to Puṣya.
Noon
11:4111:41 AM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 13 h 22 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
05:015:01 AM to 28:594:59+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 | 16:354:35 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Punarvasu | 14:022:02 PM | Puṣya |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 16:424:42 PM | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 16:354:35 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:59 04:594:59 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:353:35 AM | 05:015:01 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:353:35 AM | 04:184:18 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:573:57 AM | 05:015:01 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:015:01 AM | 07:417:41 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 05:015:01 AM | 06:416:41 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:417:41 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:218:21 AM | 10:0110:01 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:289:28 AM | 10:2110:21 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1511:15 AM | 12:0812:08 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1711:17 AM | 12:0512:05 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:2711:27 AM | 13:101:10 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:021:02 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:221:22 PM | 15:023:02 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:551:55 PM | 14:492:49 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:492:49 PM | 15:423:42 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:423:42 PM | 18:226:22 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:226:22 PM | 19:477:47 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:226:22 PM | 18:446:44 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:226:22 PM | 19:267:26 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5110:51 PM | 24:3712:37+1 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1711:17 PM | 24:0512:05+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |