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Tuesday 5 December 2023 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Kārtika Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:3012:30 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 27:083:08 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:087:08 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

13:491:49 PM

Bālava gives way to Kaulava.

Noon

11:3011:30 AM

The Sun 21° above S. Day length 8 h 45 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:3011:30 AM
At noon, 11:3011:30 AM, the Sun is in Jyeṣṭhā and the Moon 269° ahead of it, in Pūrva Phalgunī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 269° falls in Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:065:06 AM–06:076:07 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:365:36 AM–07:087:08 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:1311:13 AM–11:4811:48 AMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya12:5812:58 PM–13:331:33 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli15:533:53 PM–16:234:23 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā15:533:53 PM–17:245:24 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla22:5510:55 PM–24:4312:43 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta08:538:53 AM–09:289:28 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:199:19 AM–10:2510:25 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:3011:30 AM–12:3612:36 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Varjya12:0612:06 PM–13:541:54 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Rāhu kāla13:421:42 PM–14:472:47 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta21:599:59 PM–23:0011:00 PMan ill-timed muhūrta

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

Roga07:087:08 AM–08:138:13 AMavoid
Udvega08:138:13 AM–09:199:19 AMavoid
Cara09:199:19 AM–10:2510:25 AMneutral
Lābha10:2510:25 AM–11:3011:30 AMgood
Amṛta11:3011:30 AM–12:3612:36 PMgood
Kāla12:3612:36 PM–13:421:42 PMavoid
Śubha13:421:42 PM–14:472:47 PMgood
Roga14:472:47 PM–15:533:53 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla15:533:53 PM–17:475:47 PMavoid
Lābha17:475:47 PM–19:427:42 PMgood
Udvega19:427:42 PM–21:369:36 PMavoid
Śubha21:369:36 PM–23:3111:31 PMgood
Amṛta23:3111:31 PM–25:251:25 AM+1good
Cara25:251:25 AM+1–27:203:20 AM+1neutral
Roga27:203:20 AM+1–29:145:14 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:145:14 AM+1–31:097:09 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:087:08 AM to 31:097:09 AM+1

07:087:08 AM sunrise15:533:53 PM sunsetsunrise 31:097:09 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 27:083:08 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunīuntil 30:086:08 AM+1
Uttara Phalgunīpast sunrise
Yoga
Viṣkambhauntil 25:121:12 AM+1
Prītipast sunrise
Karaṇa
Bālavauntil 13:491:49 PM
Kaulavauntil 27:083:08 AM+1
Taitilapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:1311:13 AM–11:4811:48 AM
Rāhu kāla 13:421:42 PM–14:472:47 PM
Pradoṣa 15:533:53 PM–17:555:55 PM
Niśītha 23:0711:07 PM–23:5511:55 PM

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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. AbhijitUntil 11:4811:48 AM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 14:472:47 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  4. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 17:555:55 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 23:5511:55 PM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. PrītiYoga: Viṣkambha ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  11. Uttara PhalgunīNakṣatra: Pūrva Phalgunī ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī27:08 03:083:08 AM WedNavamī
NakṣatraPūrva Phalgunī30:08 06:086:08 AM WedUttara Phalgunī
YogaViṣkambha25:12 01:121:12 AM WedPrīti
KaraṇaBālava13:491:49 PMKaulava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:09 07:097:09 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Kārtika
Month, pūrṇimānta
Mārgaśīrṣa
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 818
Day length
8 h 45 m
Sun in
Vṛścika
Moon in
Siṃha
Moonrise
23:3211:32 PM
Moonset
12:2612:26 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:065:06 AM07:087:08 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:065:06 AM06:076:07 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:365:36 AM07:087:08 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:087:08 AM08:538:53 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:538:53 AM10:3810:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta08:538:53 AM09:289:28 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:199:19 AM10:2510:25 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:0611:06 AM11:5411:54 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:1311:13 AM11:4811:48 AM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:3011:30 AM12:3612:36 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra12:0612:06 PM13:541:54 PMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:2312:23 PM14:082:08 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory12:5812:58 PM13:331:33 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:421:42 PM14:472:47 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:082:08 PM15:533:53 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk15:533:53 PM17:555:55 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset15:533:53 PM16:234:23 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight15:533:53 PM17:245:24 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta21:599:59 PM23:0011:00 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra22:5510:55 PM24:4312:43 AM+1sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:0711:07 PM23:5511:55 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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