Tuesday 13 January 1981 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 07:127:12 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:065:06+1 AM.
At sunrise
07:227:22 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:172:17 PM
Śiva gives way to Siddha.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 54 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
07:227:22 AM to 31:217:21+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 | 29:06 05:065:06 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Revatī | 18:546:54 PM | Aśvinī |
| Yoga | Śiva | 14:172:17 PM | Siddha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:106:10 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:21 07:217:21 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:227:22 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:227:22 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:227:22 AM | 09:099:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:357:35 AM | 09:059:05 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:099:09 AM | 10:5510:55 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:099:09 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4212:42 PM | 14:292:29 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:181:18 PM | 13:531:53 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:022:02 PM | 15:093:09 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:292:29 PM | 16:164:16 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:164:16 PM | 18:176:17 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:164:16 PM | 16:464:46 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:164:16 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:384:38 PM | 18:096:09 PM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1810:18 PM | 23:1811:18 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |