Tuesday 31 January 2012 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:4910:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 25:291:29 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:077:07 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:1012:10 PM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 34 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
07:077:07 AM to 31:057:05 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 25:29 01:291:29 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Bharaṇī | past sunrise | Kṛttikā |
| Yoga | Śubha | 18:286:28 PM | Śukla |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 12:1012:10 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:05 07:057:05 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:115:11 AM | 07:077:07 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:115:11 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:405:40 AM | 07:077:07 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:077:07 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:019:01 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:019:01 AM | 09:409:40 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:309:30 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:5411:54 AM | 13:051:05 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:462:46 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:291:29 PM | 14:072:07 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:172:17 PM | 15:293:29 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:462:46 PM | 16:404:40 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:154:15 PM | 18:036:03 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:404:40 PM | 18:366:36 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:404:40 PM | 17:095:09 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:404:40 PM | 18:076:07 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:2610:26 PM | 23:2411:24 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:043:04 AM+1 | 28:534:53 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |