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Sunday 15 January 2023 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:539:53 PM yesterday, and holds until 22:1610:16 PM.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

The Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:217:21 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

10:1010:10 AM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 57 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 271° ahead of it, in Citrā, 49% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 271° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:217:21 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla15:023:02 PM–16:424:42 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:184:18 PM–16:484:48 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:184:18 PM–17:485:48 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa11:4911:49 AM–12:5712:57 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika14:042:04 PM–15:113:11 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta15:063:06 PM–15:423:42 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla15:113:11 PM–16:184:18 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya27:203:20 AM+1–28:574:57 AM+1a stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra

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

Udvega07:217:21 AM–08:288:28 AMavoid
Cara08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMneutral
Lābha09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMgood
Amṛta10:4210:42 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Kāla11:4911:49 AM–12:5712:57 PMavoid
Śubha12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMgood
Roga14:042:04 PM–15:113:11 PMavoid
Udvega15:113:11 PM–16:184:18 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha16:184:18 PM–18:116:11 PMgood
Amṛta18:116:11 PM–20:048:04 PMgood
Cara20:048:04 PM–21:569:56 PMneutral
Roga21:569:56 PM–23:4911:49 PMavoid
Kāla23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:421:42 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1good
Udvega27:353:35 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1avoid
Śubha29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 AM+1

07:217:21 AM sunrise16:184:18 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 22:1610:16 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 21:429:42 PM
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 14:202:20 PM
Dhṛtipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 10:1010:10 AM
Kaulavauntil 22:1610:16 PM
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:3111:31 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:113:11 PM–16:184:18 PM
Pradoṣa 16:184:18 PM–18:186:18 PM
Niśītha 23:2511:25 PM–24:1312:13 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. Ravivāra begins.
  2. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:184:18 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 57 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:186:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī22:1610:16 PMNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā21:429:42 PMSvātī
YogaSukarmā14:202:20 PMDhṛti
KaraṇaBālava10:1010:10 AMKaulava
VāraRavivāra31:20 07:207:20 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2079
Śaka
1944
Kali
5123
Ahargaṇa
1 871 494
Day length
8 h 57 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Kanyā
Moonrise
24:5712:57 AM+1
Moonset
10:5910:59 AM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:217:21 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:217:21 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:217:21 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3111:31 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM12:5712:57 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:042:04 PM15:113:11 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:312:31 PM16:184:18 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra15:023:02 PM16:424:42 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta15:063:06 PM15:423:42 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:113:11 PM16:184:18 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk16:184:18 PM18:186:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:184:18 PM16:484:48 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:184:18 PM17:485:48 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra27:203:20 AM+128:574:57 AM+1sixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
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