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January 2008 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseMārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa to Pauṣa KṛṣṇaThe month ›

Wednesday 30 January 2008 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 23:5011:50 PM yesterday, and holds until 26:182:18 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:087:08 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:2710:27 AM

Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.

Noon

11:5311:53 AM

The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 31 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:5311:53 AM
At noon, 11:5311:53 AM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Svātī, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:125:12 AM–06:106:10 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:415:41 AM–07:087:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla11:5311:53 AM–13:411:41 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Vijaya13:291:29 PM–14:072:07 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:394:39 PM–17:085:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:394:39 PM–18:066:06 PMevening twilight
  • Abhijitnone on Budhavāra: the same muhūrta is the Durmuhūrta

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa08:198:19 AM–09:319:31 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika10:4210:42 AM–11:5311:53 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta11:3411:34 AM–12:1212:12 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla11:5311:53 AM–13:051:05 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya28:024:02 AM+1–29:505:50 AM+1a 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

Lābha07:087:08 AM–08:198:19 AMgood
Amṛta08:198:19 AM–09:319:31 AMgood
Kāla09:319:31 AM–10:4210:42 AMavoid
Śubha10:4210:42 AM–11:5311:53 AMgood
Roga11:5311:53 AM–13:051:05 PMavoid
Udvega13:051:05 PM–14:162:16 PMavoid
Cara14:162:16 PM–15:283:28 PMneutral
Lābha15:283:28 PM–16:394:39 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Udvega16:394:39 PM–18:276:27 PMavoid
Śubha18:276:27 PM–20:168:16 PMgood
Amṛta20:168:16 PM–22:0410:04 PMgood
Cara22:0410:04 PM–23:5311:53 PMneutral
Roga23:5311:53 PM–25:411:41 AM+1avoid
Kāla25:411:41 AM+1–27:303:30 AM+1avoid
Lābha27:303:30 AM+1–29:185:18 AM+1good
Udvega29:185:18 AM+1–31:077:07 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:087:08 AM to 31:077:07 AM+1

07:087:08 AM sunrise16:394:39 PM sunsetsunrise 31:077:07 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Svātīuntil 21:449:44 PM
Viśākhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śūlauntil 10:2710:27 AM
Gaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:031:03 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:182:18 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 11:5311:53 AM–13:051:05 PM
Pradoṣa 16:394:39 PM–18:356:35 PM
Niśītha 23:2911:29 PM–24:1712:17 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. GaṇḍaYoga: Śūla ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 13:051:05 PM. Eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 9 h 31 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:356:35 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ViśākhāNakṣatra: Svātī ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:1712:17 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. SunriseGuruvāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:18 02:182:18 AM ThuNavamī
NakṣatraSvātī21:449:44 PMViśākhā
YogaŚūla10:2710:27 AMGaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava13:031:03 PMKaulava
VāraBudhavāra31:07 07:077:07 AM ThuGuruvāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2064
Śaka
1929
Kali
5108
Ahargaṇa
1 866 030
Day length
9 h 31 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
25:311:31 AM+1
Moonset
09:549:54 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:125:12 AM07:087:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:125:12 AM06:106:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:415:41 AM07:087:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:087:08 AM09:029:02 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day08:198:19 AM09:319:31 AMeighth no. 2 on Budhavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:029:02 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5311:53 AMeighth no. 4 on Budhavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2911:29 AM12:1712:17 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta11:3411:34 AM12:1212:12 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra11:5311:53 AM13:411:41 PMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day11:5311:53 AM13:051:05 PMeighth no. 5 on Budhavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:5112:51 PM14:452:45 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:291:29 PM14:072:07 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:452:45 PM16:394:39 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:394:39 PM18:356:35 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:394:39 PM17:085:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:394:39 PM18:066:06 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2911:29 PM24:1712:17 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:024:02 AM+129:505:50 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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