Saturday 27 January 1996 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 06:476:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:517:51+1 AM, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Saptamī covers 93 of 117 minutes of aruṇodaya. Boundary: two days qualify and the rule does not say which. Why this date, here
At sunrise
07:117:11 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
14:322:32 PM
Sādhya gives way to Śubha.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 25° above S. Day length 9 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
07:117:11 AM to 31:107:10+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 | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Aśvinī | 19:537:53 PM | Bharaṇī |
| Yoga | Sādhya | 14:322:32 PM | Śubha |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 19:147:14 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Śanivāra | 31:10 07:107:10 AM Sun | Ravivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:145:14 AM | 07:117:11 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:145:14 AM | 06:136:13 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:435:43 AM | 07:117:11 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:117:11 AM | 09:049:04 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:117:11 AM | 08:228:22 AM | eighth no. 1 on Śanivāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:117:11 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 1st of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 07:497:49 AM | 08:268:26 AM | 2nd of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:049:04 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 09:329:32 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2911:29 AM | 12:1712:17 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 12:1812:18 PM | 13:591:59 PM | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4912:49 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:031:03 PM | 14:142:14 PM | eighth no. 6 on Śanivāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:271:27 PM | 14:042:04 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:422:42 PM | 16:344:34 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 15:403:40 PM | 17:215:21 PM | sixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:344:34 PM | 18:316:31 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:344:34 PM | 17:045:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:344:34 PM | 18:026:02 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2811:28 PM | 24:1612:16+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 30:156:15+1 AM | 31:597:59+1 AM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |