Monday 1 February 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:1410:14 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:3612:36 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:057:05 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
11:2811:28 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:5311:53 AM
The Sun 26° above S. Day length 9 h 37 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
07:057:05 AM to 31:047:04 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 24:36 00:3612:36 AM Tue | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Svātī | 16:164:16 PM | Viśākhā |
| Yoga | Gaṇḍa | 26:27 02:272:27 AM Tue | Vṛddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 11:2811:28 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 31:04 07:047:04 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodaya | 05:105:10 AM | 07:057:05 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrta | 05:105:10 AM | 06:086:08 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyā | 05:395:39 AM | 07:057:05 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkāla | 07:057:05 AM | 09:019:01 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kāla | 08:178:17 AM | 09:309:30 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Saṅgava | 09:019:01 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Yamagaṇḍa | 10:4210:42 AM | 11:5411:54 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhna | 11:3011:30 AM | 12:1812:18 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijit | 11:3411:34 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 12:1312:13 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇa | 12:5112:51 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Gulika | 13:061:06 PM | 14:182:18 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijaya | 13:301:30 PM | 14:082:08 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrta | 14:082:08 PM | 14:472:47 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhna | 14:472:47 PM | 16:424:42 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣa | 16:424:42 PM | 18:376:37 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūli | 16:424:42 PM | 17:115:11 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyā | 16:424:42 PM | 18:086:08 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjya | 22:2710:27 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśītha | 23:2911:29 PM | 24:1712:17 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |