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Tuesday 7 January 2025 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:548:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 18:576:57 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:247:24 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:567:56 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

11:4611:46 AM

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

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4611:46 AM
At noon, 11:4611:46 AM, the Sun is in Pūrvāṣāḍhā and the Moon 92° ahead of it, in Revatī, 52% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 92° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:225:22 AM–06:236:23 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:525:52 AM–07:247:24 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:2911:29 AM–12:0412:04 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:141:14 PM–13:491:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli16:094:09 PM–16:394:39 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:094:09 PM–17:405:40 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla18:046:04 PM–19:357:35 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Varjya08:588:58 AM–10:2910:29 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta09:099:09 AM–09:449:44 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa09:359:35 AM–10:4110:41 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika11:4611:46 AM–12:5212:52 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla13:581:58 PM–15:033:03 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta22:1510:15 PM–23:1611:16 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

Roga07:247:24 AM–08:298:29 AMavoid
Udvega08:298:29 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Cara09:359:35 AM–10:4110:41 AMneutral
Lābha10:4110:41 AM–11:4611:46 AMgood
Amṛta11:4611:46 AM–12:5212:52 PMgood
Kāla12:5212:52 PM–13:581:58 PMavoid
Śubha13:581:58 PM–15:033:03 PMgood
Roga15:033:03 PM–16:094:09 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla16:094:09 PM–18:036:03 PMavoid
Lābha18:036:03 PM–19:587:58 PMgood
Udvega19:587:58 PM–21:529:52 PMavoid
Śubha21:529:52 PM–23:4611:46 PMgood
Amṛta23:4611:46 PM–25:411:41 AM+1good
Cara25:411:41 AM+1–27:353:35 AM+1neutral
Roga27:353:35 AM+1–29:295:29 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:295:29 AM+1–31:247:24 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:247:24 AM to 31:247:24 AM+1

07:247:24 AM sunrise16:094:09 PM sunsetsunrise 31:247:24 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 18:576:57 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 20:208:20 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 25:461:46 AM+1
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 07:567:56 AM
Bavauntil 18:576:57 PM
Bālavauntil 29:575:57 AM+1
Kaulavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 11:2911:29 AM–12:0412:04 PM
Rāhu kāla 13:581:58 PM–15:033:03 PM
Pradoṣa 16:094:09 PM–18:116:11 PM
Niśītha 23:2211:22 PM–24:1012:10 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  3. AbhijitUntil 12:0412:04 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  4. Rāhu kālaUntil 15:033:03 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  5. SunsetDay length 8 h 45 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 18:116:11 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  8. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  9. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 24:1012:10 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  12. KaulavaKaraṇa: Bālava ends.
  13. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī18:576:57 PMNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī20:208:20 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva25:46 01:461:46 AM WedSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi07:567:56 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:24 07:247:24 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2081
Śaka
1946
Kali
5125
Ahargaṇa
1 872 217
Day length
8 h 45 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
11:0411:04 AM
Moonset
24:5812:58 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:225:22 AM07:247:24 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:225:22 AM06:236:23 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:525:52 AM07:247:24 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:247:24 AM09:099:09 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra08:588:58 AM10:2910:29 AMsixtieths 31 to 34 of the nakṣatra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:099:09 AM10:5410:54 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:099:09 AM09:449:44 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day09:359:35 AM10:4110:41 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2211:22 AM12:1012:10 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:2911:29 AM12:0412:04 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day11:4611:46 AM12:5212:52 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:3912:39 PM14:242:24 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:141:14 PM13:491:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day13:581:58 PM15:033:03 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening14:242:24 PM16:094:09 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:094:09 PM18:116:11 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:094:09 PM16:394:39 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:094:09 PM17:405:40 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra18:046:04 PM19:357:35 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta22:1510:15 PM23:1611:16 PM7th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight23:2211:22 PM24:1012:10 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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