Monday 21 September 2015 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:544:54 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 28:534:53 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:255:25 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:349:34 AM
Jyeṣṭhā gives way to Mūla.
Noon
11:3311:33 AM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 12 h 16 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
05:255:25 AM to 29:265:26 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 | 28:53 04:534:53 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Jyeṣṭhā | 09:349:34 AM | Mūla |
| Yoga | Āyuṣmān | 20:268:26 PM | Saubhāgya |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 16:594:59 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 29:26 05:265:26 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:513:51 AM | 05:255:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:513:51 AM | 04:384:38 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:154:15 AM | 05:255:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:255:25 AM | 07:527:52 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 06:576:57 AM | 08:298:29 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:527:52 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0110:01 AM | 11:3311:33 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0811:08 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:0911:09 AM | 11:5711:57 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4612:46 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 13:051:05 PM | 14:372:37 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:361:36 PM | 14:252:25 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:252:25 PM | 15:143:14 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:143:14 PM | 17:415:41 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:415:41 PM | 19:157:15 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:415:41 PM | 18:046:04 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:415:41 PM | 18:516:51 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 17:445:44 PM | 19:227:22 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1011:10 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 27:323:32 AM+1 | 29:105:10 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |