Friday 5 November 2004 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4912:49 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:512:51 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī is current at moonrise. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:286:28 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:468:46 AM
Puṣya gives way to Āśleṣā.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 51 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
06:286:28 AM to 30:296:29 AM+1
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 | 26:51 02:512:51 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Puṣya | 08:468:46 AM | Āśleṣā |
| Yoga | Śubha | 10:3410:34 AM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 13:531:53 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 30:29 06:296:29 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:354:35 AM | 06:286:28 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:354:35 AM | 05:315:31 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:035:03 AM | 06:286:28 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:286:28 AM | 08:268:26 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 07:427:42 AM | 08:568:56 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:268:26 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:268:26 AM | 09:059:05 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0411:04 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2212:22 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2212:22 PM | 14:212:21 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:021:02 PM | 13:411:41 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 13:511:51 PM | 15:053:05 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:212:21 PM | 16:194:19 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:194:19 PM | 18:126:12 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:194:19 PM | 16:474:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:194:19 PM | 17:445:44 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 22:5110:51 PM | 24:3612:36 AM+1 | sixtieths 33 to 36 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |