Tuesday 14 January 2042 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 06:116:11 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 32:318:31 AM+1, past the next sunrise.
Observed here on this day
Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMakara Saṅkrānti determinate
At sunrise
07:217:21 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
19:257:25 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4911:49 AM
The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 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
07:217:21 AM to 31:207:20 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 | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | past sunrise | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Citrā | past sunrise | Svātī |
| Yoga | Sukarmā | 25:40 01:401:40 AM Wed | Dhṛti |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 19:257:25 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 31:20 07:207:20 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:205:20 AM | 07:217:21 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:205:20 AM | 06:216:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:515:51 AM | 07:217:21 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:217:21 AM | 09:089:08 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:089:08 AM | 10:5610:56 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:089:08 AM | 09:449:44 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:359:35 AM | 10:4210:42 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2511:25 AM | 12:1312:13 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:3111:31 AM | 12:0712:07 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4911:49 AM | 12:5612:56 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 12:4312:43 PM | 14:302:30 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:191:19 PM | 13:541:54 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:032:03 PM | 15:103:10 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 14:302:30 PM | 16:174:17 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 14:572:57 PM | 16:444:44 PM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 16:174:17 PM | 18:186:18 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 16:174:17 PM | 16:474:47 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 16:174:17 PM | 17:485:48 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:1910:19 PM | 23:1911:19 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2511:25 PM | 24:1312:13 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:391:39 AM+1 | 27:263:26 AM+1 | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |