Monday 22 April 1991 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:3510:35 AM yesterday, and holds until 08:478:47 AM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
05:425:42 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:478:47 AM
Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.
Noon
12:3912:39 PM
The Sun 55° above S. Day length 13 h 53 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
05:425:42 AM to 29:415:41+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 | 08:478:47 AM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 14:042:04 PM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 23:0011:00 PM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bava | 08:478:47 AM | Bālava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:41 05:415:41 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:425:42 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:214:21 AM | 05:025:02 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:424:42 AM | 05:425:42 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:425:42 AM | 08:298:29 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:277:27 AM | 09:119:11 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 07:557:55 AM | 09:279:27 AM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:298:29 AM | 11:1611:16 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:5510:55 AM | 12:3912:39 PM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1112:11 PM | 13:071:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:1512:15 PM | 13:031:03 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:071:07 PM | 14:022:02 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 14:022:02 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 14:232:23 PM | 16:074:07 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:582:58 PM | 15:543:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 15:543:54 PM | 16:494:49 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:494:49 PM | 19:367:36 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:367:36 PM | 20:568:56 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:367:36 PM | 19:567:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:367:36 PM | 20:368:36 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:1412:14+1 AM | 25:021:02+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 26:312:31+1 AM | 28:044:04+1 AM | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |