Monday 31 December 2007 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 02:542:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:554:55 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:247:24 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
15:513:51 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4311:43 AM
The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 36 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
07:247:24 AM to 31:257:25 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 | 28:55 04:554:55 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | past sunrise | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 27:06 03:063:06 AM Tue | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 15:513:51 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:25 07:257:25 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:215:21 AM | 07:247:24 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:215:21 AM | 06:236:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:525:52 AM | 07:247:24 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:247:24 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 08:298:29 AM | 09:349:34 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5110:51 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:3810:38 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1911:19 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2611:26 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:0012:00 PM | 12:3412:34 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:3412:34 PM | 14:182:18 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:4712:47 PM | 13:521:52 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:091:09 PM | 13:431:43 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:431:43 PM | 14:182:18 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:182:18 PM | 16:014:01 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:422:42 PM | 16:284:28 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:014:01 PM | 18:046:04 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:014:01 PM | 16:324:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:014:01 PM | 17:335:33 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1911:19 PM | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:191:19 AM+1 | 27:053:05 AM+1 | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |