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Thursday 25 August 2016 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Śrāvaṇa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:4712:47 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 22:3810:38 PM.

Observed here on this day

Janmāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī does not reach niśītha on either day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

04:514:51 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4111:41 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4211:42 AM

The Sun 54° above S. Day length 13 h 41 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4211:42 AM
At noon, 11:4211:42 AM, the Sun is in Maghā and the Moon 270° ahead of it, in Kṛttikā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 270° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta03:293:29 AM–04:104:10 AM
  • Abhijit11:1411:14 AM–12:0912:09 PM
  • Amṛta kāla12:2012:20 PM–13:511:51 PM
  • Vijaya13:581:58 PM–14:532:53 PM
  • Godhūli18:326:32 PM–18:536:53 PM

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa04:514:51 AM–06:346:34 AM
  • Gulika08:168:16 AM–09:599:59 AM
  • Durmuhūrta09:259:25 AM–10:2010:20 AM
  • Rāhu kāla13:241:24 PM–15:073:07 PM
  • Durmuhūrta14:532:53 PM–15:483:48 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

Śubha04:514:51 AM–06:346:34 AMgood
Roga06:346:34 AM–08:168:16 AMavoid
Udvega08:168:16 AM–09:599:59 AMavoid
Cara09:599:59 AM–11:4211:42 AMneutral
Lābha11:4211:42 AM–13:241:24 PMgood
Amṛta13:241:24 PM–15:073:07 PMgood
Kāla15:073:07 PM–16:494:49 PMavoid
Śubha16:494:49 PM–18:326:32 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Amṛta18:326:32 PM–19:507:50 PMgood
Cara19:507:50 PM–21:079:07 PMneutral
Roga21:079:07 PM–22:2510:25 PMavoid
Kāla22:2510:25 PM–23:4211:42 PMavoid
Lābha23:4211:42 PM–25:001:00 AM+1good
Udvega25:001:00 AM+1–26:172:17 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:172:17 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Amṛta27:353:35 AM+1–28:524:52 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

04:514:51 AM to 28:524:52 AM+1

04:514:51 AM sunrise18:326:32 PM sunsetsunrise 28:524:52 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:3810:38 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikāuntil 14:362:36 PM
Rohiṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Vyāghātauntil 22:2710:27 PM
Harṣaṇapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 11:4111:41 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:3810:38 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1411:14 AM–12:0912:09 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:241:24 PM–15:073:07 PM
Pradoṣa 18:326:32 PM–19:557:55 PM
Niśītha 23:1811:18 PM–24:0612:06 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. Guruvāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 12:0912:09 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:073:07 PM. Eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra.
  5. RohiṇīNakṣatra: Kṛttikā ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 13 h 41 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:557:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. HarṣaṇaYoga: Vyāghāta ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:0612:06 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseŚukravāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī22:3810:38 PMNavamī
NakṣatraKṛttikā14:362:36 PMRohiṇī
YogaVyāghāta22:2710:27 PMHarṣaṇa
KaraṇaBālava11:4111:41 AMKaulava
VāraGuruvāra28:52 04:524:52 AM FriŚukravāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Śrāvaṇa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2073
Śaka
1938
Kali
5117
Ahargaṇa
1 869 160
Day length
13 h 41 m
Sun in
Siṃha
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
22:4510:45 PM
Moonset
12:3812:38 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodaya03:293:29 AM04:514:51 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrta03:293:29 AM04:104:10 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyā03:493:49 AM04:514:51 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkāla04:514:51 AM07:357:35 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Yamagaṇḍa04:514:51 AM06:346:34 AMeighth no. 1 on Guruvāra
Saṅgava07:357:35 AM10:2010:20 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Gulika08:168:16 AM09:599:59 AMeighth no. 3 on Guruvāra
Durmuhūrta09:259:25 AM10:2010:20 AM6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Abhijit11:1411:14 AM12:0912:09 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhna11:1811:18 AM12:0612:06 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Amṛta kāla12:2012:20 PM13:511:51 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇa13:041:04 PM15:483:48 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kāla13:241:24 PM15:073:07 PMeighth no. 6 on Guruvāra
Vijaya13:581:58 PM14:532:53 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrta14:532:53 PM15:483:48 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhna15:483:48 PM18:326:32 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣa18:326:32 PM19:557:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūli18:326:32 PM18:536:53 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:326:32 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśītha23:1811:18 PM24:0612:06 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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