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Sunday 17 March 2024 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Phālguna Śukla Aṣṭamī

Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:0912:09 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:2312:23 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

05:495:49 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

12:1112:11 PM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4811:48 AM

The Sun 42° above S. Day length 11 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4811:48 AM
At noon, 11:4811:48 AM, the Sun is in Pūrva Bhādrapadā and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Mṛgaśirā, 50% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 90° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta04:134:13 AM–05:015:01 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā04:374:37 AM–05:495:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Amṛta kāla10:1410:14 AM–11:5311:53 AMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Abhijit11:2511:25 AM–12:1312:13 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:491:49 PM–14:362:36 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:485:48 PM–18:126:12 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:485:48 PM–19:007:00 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Yamagaṇḍa11:4911:49 AM–13:191:19 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika14:482:48 PM–16:184:18 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta16:124:12 PM–17:005:00 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla16:184:18 PM–17:485:48 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya28:114:11 AM+1–29:525:52 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

Udvega05:495:49 AM–07:197:19 AMavoid
Cara07:197:19 AM–08:498:49 AMneutral
Lābha08:498:49 AM–10:1910:19 AMgood
Amṛta10:1910:19 AM–11:4911:49 AMgood
Kāla11:4911:49 AM–13:191:19 PMavoid
Śubha13:191:19 PM–14:482:48 PMgood
Roga14:482:48 PM–16:184:18 PMavoid
Udvega16:184:18 PM–17:485:48 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Śubha17:485:48 PM–19:187:18 PMgood
Amṛta19:187:18 PM–20:488:48 PMgood
Cara20:488:48 PM–22:1810:18 PMneutral
Roga22:1810:18 PM–23:4811:48 PMavoid
Kāla23:4811:48 PM–25:181:18 AM+1avoid
Lābha25:181:18 AM+1–26:472:47 AM+1good
Udvega26:472:47 AM+1–28:174:17 AM+1avoid
Śubha28:174:17 AM+1–29:475:47 AM+1good

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

05:495:49 AM to 29:475:47 AM+1

05:495:49 AM sunrise17:485:48 PM sunsetsunrise 29:475:47 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:2312:23 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśirāuntil 19:177:17 PM
Ārdrāpast sunrise
Yoga
Āyuṣmānuntil 19:357:35 PM
Saubhāgyapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 12:1112:11 PM
Bavauntil 24:2312:23 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2511:25 AM–12:1312:13 PM
Rāhu kāla 16:184:18 PM–17:485:48 PM
Pradoṣa 17:485:48 PM–19:247:24 PM
Niśītha 23:2411:24 PM–24:1212:12 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. AbhijitUntil 12:1312:13 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 17:485:48 PM. Eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 11 h 59 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:247:24 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. ĀrdrāNakṣatra: Mṛgaśirā ends.
  8. SaubhāgyaYoga: Āyuṣmān ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1212:12 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseSomavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī24:23 00:2312:23 AM MonNavamī
NakṣatraMṛgaśirā19:177:17 PMĀrdrā
YogaĀyuṣmān19:357:35 PMSaubhāgya
KaraṇaViṣṭi12:1112:11 PMBava
VāraRavivāra29:47 05:475:47 AM MonSomavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Phālguna
Month, pūrṇimānta
Phālguna
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2080
Śaka
1945
Kali
5124
Ahargaṇa
1 871 921
Day length
11 h 59 m
Sun in
Mīna
Moon in
Vṛṣabha
Moonrise
09:249:24 AM
Moonset
26:352:35 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:134:13 AM05:495:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:134:13 AM05:015:01 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight04:374:37 AM05:495:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning05:495:49 AM08:138:13 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:138:13 AM10:3710:37 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra10:1410:14 AM11:5311:53 AMsixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2511:25 AM12:1312:13 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:4911:49 AM13:191:19 PMeighth no. 5 on Ravivāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:011:01 PM15:243:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:491:49 PM14:362:36 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day14:482:48 PM16:184:18 PMeighth no. 7 on Ravivāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:243:24 PM17:485:48 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta16:124:12 PM17:005:00 PM14th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day16:184:18 PM17:485:48 PMeighth no. 8 on Ravivāra
Pradoṣadusk17:485:48 PM19:247:24 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:485:48 PM18:126:12 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:485:48 PM19:007:00 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2411:24 PM24:1212:12 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra28:114:11 AM+129:525:52 AM+1sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra
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