Thursday 9 August 1962 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 11:0411:04 AM yesterday, and holds until 12:3712:37 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
04:304:30 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:469:46 AM
Śukla gives way to Brahma.
Noon
11:4611:46 AM
The Sun 59° above S. Day length 14 h 31 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
04:304:30 AM to 28:314:31+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 | 12:3712:37 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Viśākhā | 21:249:24 PM | Anurādhā |
| Yoga | Śukla | 09:469:46 AM | Brahma |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 12:3712:37 PM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 28:31 04:314:31 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:143:14 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:143:14 AM | 03:523:52 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 03:333:33 AM | 04:304:30 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:304:30 AM | 07:247:24 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 04:304:30 AM | 06:186:18 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:247:24 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 08:078:07 AM | 09:569:56 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:209:20 AM | 10:1810:18 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:1611:16 AM | 12:1412:14 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2111:21 AM | 12:0912:09 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 11:5311:53 AM | 13:371:37 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:121:12 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:341:34 PM | 15:233:23 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:102:10 PM | 15:083:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:083:08 PM | 16:064:06 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:064:06 PM | 19:017:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:017:01 PM | 20:178:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:017:01 PM | 19:207:20 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:017:01 PM | 19:587:58 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2211:22 PM | 24:1012:10+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:371:37+1 AM | 27:183:18+1 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |