Tuesday 29 October 1968 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 09:289:28 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:008:00 AM.
Observed here on this day
Navamī covers 102 of 204 minutes of pūrvāhṇa. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
AlsoDurgā Navamī determinate
At sunrise
06:176:17 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:187:18 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 30° above S. Day length 10 h 12 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
06:176:17 AM to 30:196:19+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 | 08:008:00 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 17:045:04 PM | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 07:187:18 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:008:00 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:19 06:196:19 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:274:27 AM | 06:176:17 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:274:27 AM | 05:225:22 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:554:55 AM | 06:176:17 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:176:17 AM | 08:208:20 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 06:556:55 AM | 08:288:28 AM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:208:20 AM | 10:2210:22 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:208:20 AM | 09:019:01 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:508:50 AM | 10:0710:07 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:2311:23 AM | 12:4012:40 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2512:25 PM | 14:272:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:061:06 PM | 13:461:46 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:571:57 PM | 15:133:13 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:272:27 PM | 16:304:30 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:304:30 PM | 18:206:20 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:304:30 PM | 16:574:57 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:304:30 PM | 17:535:53 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:049:04 PM | 22:4010:40 PM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:0110:01 PM | 22:5710:57 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |