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Wednesday 16 January 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 16:404:40 PM yesterday, and holds until 14:462:46 PM.

Observed here on this day

Mattu Pongal

Kept the day after Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

14:462:46 PM

Aṣṭamī gives way to Navamī.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 94° ahead of it, in Aśvinī, 54% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 94° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:194:19 PM–16:494:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:194:19 PM–17:495:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla17:475:47 PM–19:187:18 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3211:32 AM–12:0812:08 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya20:488:48 PM–22:1910:19 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Lābha07:207:20 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Amṛta08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMgood
Kāla09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMgood
Roga11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMavoid
Udvega12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMavoid
Cara14:042:04 PM–15:123:12 PMneutral
Lābha15:123:12 PM–16:194:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:194:19 PM–18:126:12 PMavoid
Śubha18:126:12 PM–20:048:04 PMgood
Amṛta20:048:04 PM–21:579:57 PMgood
Cara21:579:57 PM–23:4911:49 PMneutral
Roga23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:421:42 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:353:35 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Udvega29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:207:20 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 14:462:46 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 24:3512:35 AM+1
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Siddhauntil 16:154:15 PM
Sādhyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bavauntil 14:462:46 PM
Bālavauntil 25:421:42 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PM
Pradoṣa 16:194:19 PM–18:196:19 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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.

  1. SunriseAṣṭamī holds. Budhavāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 12:5712:57 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  3. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  4. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  5. SādhyaYoga: Siddha ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 59 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:196:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  10. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī14:462:46 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī24:35 00:3512:35 AM ThuBharaṇī
YogaSiddha16:154:15 PMSādhya
KaraṇaBava14:462:46 PMBālava
VāraBudhavāra31:20 07:207:20 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2064
Śaka
1929
Kali
5108
Ahargaṇa
1 866 016
Day length
8 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
10:3710:37 AM
Moonset
25:341:34 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:288:28 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5011:50 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0812:08 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5011:50 AM12:5712:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4412:44 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:312:31 PM16:194:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:194:19 PM18:196:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:194:19 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:194:19 PM17:495:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:475:47 PM19:187:18 PMsixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra20:488:48 PM22:1910:19 PMsixtieths 51 to 54 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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