Monday 7 October 1985 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:2612:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:311:31+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 101 of 101 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:465:46 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:3912:39 PM
Ārdrā gives way to Punarvasu.
Noon
11:2811:28 AM
The Sun 38° above S. Day length 11 h 23 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
05:465:46 AM to 29:485:48+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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 25:31 01:311:31 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Ārdrā | 12:3912:39 PM | Punarvasu |
| Yoga | Parigha | 18:136:13 PM | Śiva |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:041:04 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:48 05:485:48 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:054:05 AM | 05:465:46 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:054:05 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:314:31 AM | 05:465:46 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:465:46 AM | 08:038:03 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:127:12 AM | 08:378:37 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:038:03 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0210:02 AM | 11:2811:28 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:5211:52 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0511:05 AM | 11:5011:50 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3612:36 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3612:36 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:5312:53 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:211:21 PM | 14:072:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:072:07 PM | 14:522:52 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:522:52 PM | 17:095:09 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:095:09 PM | 18:506:50 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:095:09 PM | 17:345:34 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:095:09 PM | 18:256:25 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0411:04 PM | 23:5211:52 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 25:181:18+1 AM | 26:592:59+1 AM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |