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Saturday 2 January 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Mārgaśīrṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 26:522:52 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:257:25 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:301:30 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4411:44 AM

The Sun 20° above S. Day length 8 h 38 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4411:44 AM
At noon, 11:4411:44 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Hasta, 51% 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 muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:236:23 AM
  • Abhijit11:2611:26 AM–12:0112:01 PM
  • Vijaya13:101:10 PM–13:451:45 PM
  • Godhūli16:034:03 PM–16:344:34 PM
  • Amṛta kāla19:187:18 PM–21:069:06 PM

Avoid

  • Gulika07:257:25 AM–08:298:29 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:257:25 AM–07:597:59 AM
  • Durmuhūrta07:597:59 AM–08:348:34 AM
  • Varjya08:278:27 AM–10:1510:15 AM
  • Rāhu kāla09:349:34 AM–10:3910:39 AM
  • Yamagaṇḍa12:4812:48 PM–13:531:53 PM

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

Kāla07:257:25 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Śubha08:298:29 AM–09:349:34 AMgood
Roga09:349:34 AM–10:3910:39 AMavoid
Udvega10:3910:39 AM–11:4411:44 AMavoid
Cara11:4411:44 AM–12:4812:48 PMneutral
Lābha12:4812:48 PM–13:531:53 PMgood
Amṛta13:531:53 PM–14:582:58 PMgood
Kāla14:582:58 PM–16:034:03 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha16:034:03 PM–17:585:58 PMgood
Udvega17:585:58 PM–19:537:53 PMavoid
Śubha19:537:53 PM–21:489:48 PMgood
Amṛta21:489:48 PM–23:4411:44 PMgood
Cara23:4411:44 PM–25:391:39 AM+1neutral
Roga25:391:39 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1avoid
Kāla27:343:34 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Lābha29:295:29 AM+1–31:257:25 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:257:25 AM to 31:257:25 AM+1

07:257:25 AM sunrise16:034:03 PM sunsetsunrise 31:257:25 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 26:522:52 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Hastauntil 26:052:05 AM+1
Citrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Śobhanauntil 17:555:55 PM
Atigaṇḍapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:301:30 PM
Kaulavauntil 26:522:52 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:349:34 AM–10:3910:39 AM
Abhijit 11:2611:26 AM–12:0112:01 PM
Pradoṣa 16:034:03 PM–18:066:06 PM
Niśītha 23:2011:20 PM–24:0812:08 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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:3910:39 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0112:01 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 38 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:066:06 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. AtigaṇḍaYoga: Śobhana ends.
  8. NiśīthaUntil 24:0812:08 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  9. CitrāNakṣatra: Hasta ends.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī26:52 02:522:52 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraHasta26:05 02:052:05 AM SunCitrā
YogaŚobhana17:555:55 PMAtigaṇḍa
KaraṇaBālava13:301:30 PMKaulava
VāraŚanivāra31:25 07:257:25 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2072
Śaka
1937
Kali
5116
Ahargaṇa
1 868 924
Day length
8 h 38 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:1912:19 AM+1
Moonset
11:2111:21 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya05:225:22 AM07:257:25 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM06:236:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM07:257:25 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla07:257:25 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika07:257:25 AM08:298:29 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrta07:257:25 AM07:597:59 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta07:597:59 AM08:348:34 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjya08:278:27 AM10:1510:15 AMsixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgava09:089:08 AM10:5210:52 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla09:349:34 AM10:3910:39 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Madhyāhna11:2011:20 AM12:0812:08 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijit11:2611:26 AM12:0112:01 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇa12:3612:36 PM14:192:19 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa12:4812:48 PM13:531:53 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijaya13:101:10 PM13:451:45 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna14:192:19 PM16:034:03 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa16:034:03 PM18:066:06 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli16:034:03 PM16:344:34 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:034:03 PM17:355:35 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kāla19:187:18 PM21:069:06 PMsixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra
Niśītha23:2011:20 PM24:0812:08 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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