Monday 20 November 1989 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:1412:14 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:251:25+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
06:496:49 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:4412:44 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:2611:26 AM
The Sun 24° above S. Day length 9 h 13 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
06:496:49 AM to 30:506:50+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 | 25:25 01:251:25 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Maghā | 30:40 06:406:40 AM Tue | Pūrva Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Indra | 27:52 03:523:52 AM Tue | Vaidhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:4412:44 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:50 06:506:50 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:514:51 AM | 06:496:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:514:51 AM | 05:505:50 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:205:20 AM | 06:496:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:496:49 AM | 08:398:39 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:587:58 AM | 09:079:07 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:398:39 AM | 10:3010:30 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:1610:16 AM | 11:2511:25 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0111:01 AM | 11:4911:49 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0711:07 AM | 11:4411:44 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4411:44 AM | 12:2112:21 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2112:21 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3412:34 PM | 13:441:44 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 12:5712:57 PM | 13:341:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:341:34 PM | 14:112:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:112:11 PM | 16:024:02 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:024:02 PM | 18:006:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:024:02 PM | 16:314:31 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:024:02 PM | 17:315:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:445:44 PM | 19:287:28 PM | sixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0211:02 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 28:044:04+1 AM | 29:485:48+1 AM | sixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra |