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Tuesday 25 December 1990 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:3111:31 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:4910:49 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:237:23 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:577:57 AM

Vyatīpāta gives way to Varīyān.

Noon

11:4011:40 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 33 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4011:40 AM
At noon, 11:4011:40 AM, the Sun is in Mūla and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Uttara Bhādrapadā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:216:21 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:237:23 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2311:23 AM–11:5711:57 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:051:05 PM–13:401:40 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:573:57 PM–16:274:27 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:573:57 PM–17:295:29 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla19:337:33 PM–21:089:08 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:069:06 AM–09:409:40 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:319:31 AM–10:3610:36 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya09:599:59 AM–11:3511:35 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Gulika11:4011:40 AM–12:4412:44 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:0710:07 PM–23:0911:09 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

Choghaḍiyā चौघड़िया

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

Roga07:237:23 AM–08:278:27 AMavoid
Udvega08:278:27 AM–09:319:31 AMavoid
Cara09:319:31 AM–10:3610:36 AMneutral
Lābha10:3610:36 AM–11:4011:40 AMgood
Amṛta11:4011:40 AM–12:4412:44 PMgood
Kāla12:4412:44 PM–13:481:48 PMavoid
Śubha13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PMgood
Roga14:522:52 PM–15:573:57 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla15:573:57 PM–17:525:52 PMavoid
Lābha17:525:52 PM–19:487:48 PMgood
Udvega19:487:48 PM–21:449:44 PMavoid
Śubha21:449:44 PM–23:4011:40 PMgood
Amṛta23:4011:40 PM–25:361:36+1 AMgood
Cara25:361:36+1 AM–27:323:32+1 AMneutral
Roga27:323:32+1 AM–29:285:28+1 AMavoid
Kāla29:285:28+1 AM–31:237:23+1 AMavoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:237:23 AM to 31:237:23+1 AM

07:237:23 AM sunrise15:573:57 PM sunsetsunrise 31:237:23+1 AM
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:4910:49 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadāuntil 24:1912:19+1 AM
Revatīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyatīpātauntil 07:577:57 AM
Varīyānuntil 29:585:58+1 AM
Parighapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:1611:16 AM
Bavauntil 22:4910:49 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2311:23 AM–11:5711:57 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:481:48 PM–14:522:52 PM
Pradoṣa 15:573:57 PM–18:006:00 PM
Niśītha 23:1611:16 PM–24:0412:04+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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. VarīyānYoga: Vyatīpāta ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 11:5711:57 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:522:52 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 33 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:006:00 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:0412:04+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. RevatīNakṣatra: Uttara Bhādrapadā ends.
  12. ParighaYoga: Varīyān ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī22:4910:49 PMNavamī
NakṣatraUttara Bhādrapadā24:19 00:1912:19 AM WedRevatī
YogaVyatīpāta07:577:57 AMVarīyān
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:1611:16 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:23 07:237:23 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2047
Śaka
1912
Kali
5091
Ahargaṇa
1 859 785
Day length
8 h 33 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:0911:09 AM
Moonset
24:3012:30+1 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:237:23 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:216:21 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:237:23 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:237:23 AM09:069:06 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:069:06 AM10:4910:49 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:069:06 AM09:409:40 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:319:31 AM10:3610:36 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra09:599:59 AM11:3511:35 AMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:1611:16 AM12:0412:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2311:23 AM11:5711:57 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4011:40 AM12:4412:44 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3112:31 PM14:142:14 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:051:05 PM13:401:40 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:481:48 PM14:522:52 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:142:14 PM15:573:57 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:573:57 PM18:006:00 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:573:57 PM16:274:27 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:573:57 PM17:295:29 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra19:337:33 PM21:089:08 PMsixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:0710:07 PM23:0911:09 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:1611:16 PM24:0412:04+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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