Monday 4 November 2019 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 05:265:26 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 31:277:27 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:256:25 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
08:598:59 AM
Śūla gives way to Gaṇḍa.
Noon
11:2411:24 AM
The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 56 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
06:256:25 AM to 30:276:27 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 | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Śravaṇa | 29:53 05:535:53 AM Tue | Dhaniṣṭhā |
| Yoga | Śūla | 08:598:59 AM | Gaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 18:236:23 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Somavāra | 30:27 06:276:27 AM Tue | Maṅgalavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:334:33 AM | 06:256:25 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:334:33 AM | 05:295:29 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:015:01 AM | 06:256:25 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:256:25 AM | 08:258:25 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 07:407:40 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 2 on Somavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:507:50 AM | 09:359:35 AM | sixtieths 11 to 14 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:258:25 AM | 10:2410:24 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 10:0910:09 AM | 11:2311:23 AM | eighth no. 4 on Somavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 10:5910:59 AM | 11:4711:47 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:0311:03 AM | 11:4311:43 AM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 11:4311:43 AM | 12:2312:23 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:2312:23 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:3812:38 PM | 13:521:52 PM | eighth no. 6 on Somavāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:031:03 PM | 13:421:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 13:421:42 PM | 14:222:22 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:222:22 PM | 16:214:21 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:214:21 PM | 18:146:14 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:214:21 PM | 16:494:49 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:214:21 PM | 17:465:46 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 18:256:25 PM | 20:118:11 PM | sixtieths 35 to 38 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:4811:48 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |