Wednesday 13 September 2017 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Budhavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:323:32 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 25:181:18 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 91 of 91 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana determinate
At sunrise
05:155:15 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:588:58 AM
Rohiṇī gives way to Mṛgaśirā.
Noon
11:3611:36 AM
The Sun 47° above S. Day length 12 h 41 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
05:155:15 AM to 29:165:16 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 | 25:18 01:181:18 AM Thu | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Rohiṇī | 08:588:58 AM | Mṛgaśirā |
| Yoga | Vajra | 09:299:29 AM | Siddhi |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 14:252:25 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Budhavāra | 29:16 05:165:16 AM Thu | Guruvāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 05:155:15 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:304:30 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:074:07 AM | 05:155:15 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:155:15 AM | 07:477:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 05:585:58 AM | 07:287:28 AM | sixtieths 53 to 56 of the nakṣatra |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 06:506:50 AM | 08:258:25 AM | eighth no. 2 on Budhavāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:477:47 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0010:00 AM | 11:3611:36 AM | eighth no. 4 on Budhavāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:1011:10 AM | 12:0112:01 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:1211:12 AM | 12:0012:00 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:3611:36 AM | 13:111:11 PM | eighth no. 5 on Budhavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:5212:52 PM | 15:243:24 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:421:42 PM | 14:332:33 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:142:14 PM | 15:443:44 PM | sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:243:24 PM | 17:565:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:565:56 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:565:56 PM | 18:196:19 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:565:56 PM | 19:047:04 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:1211:12 PM | 24:0012:00 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 23:1411:14 PM | 24:4512:45 AM+1 | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |