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Monday 15 January 2046 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Pauṣa Śukla Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 04:504:50 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:256:25 AM+1.

Observed here on this day

Pongal

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

At sunrise

07:207:20 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:268:26 AM

Śiva gives way to Siddha.

Noon

11:4911:49 AM

The Sun 22° above S. Day length 8 h 58 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDaqing11:4911:49 AM
At noon, 11:4911:49 AM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 87° ahead of it, in Revatī, 48% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 87° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:205:20 AM–06:206:20 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:505:50 AM–07:207:20 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:3211:32 AM–12:0712:07 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya13:191:19 PM–13:551:55 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla13:191:19 PM–15:053:05 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli16:194:19 PM–16:494:49 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā16:194:19 PM–17:495:49 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:0712:07 PM–12:4312:43 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta13:551:55 PM–14:312:31 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

Amṛta07:207:20 AM–08:288:28 AMgood
Kāla08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AMavoid
Śubha09:359:35 AM–10:4210:42 AMgood
Roga10:4210:42 AM–11:5011:50 AMavoid
Udvega11:5011:50 AM–12:5712:57 PMavoid
Cara12:5712:57 PM–14:042:04 PMneutral
Lābha14:042:04 PM–15:113:11 PMgood
Amṛta15:113:11 PM–16:194:19 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara16:194:19 PM–18:116:11 PMneutral
Roga18:116:11 PM–20:048:04 PMavoid
Kāla20:048:04 PM–21:579:57 PMavoid
Lābha21:579:57 PM–23:4911:49 PMgood
Udvega23:4911:49 PM–25:421:42 AM+1avoid
Śubha25:421:42 AM+1–27:343:34 AM+1good
Amṛta27:343:34 AM+1–29:275:27 AM+1good
Cara29:275:27 AM+1–31:207:20 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

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

07:207:20 AM sunrise16:194:19 PM sunsetsunrise 31:207:20 AM+1
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a306a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 30:256:25 AM+1
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Revatīuntil 15:583:58 PM
Aśvinīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śivauntil 08:268:26 AM
Siddhapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 17:435:43 PM
Bavauntil 30:256:25 AM+1
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 08:288:28 AM–09:359:35 AM
Abhijit 11:3211:32 AM–12:0712:07 PM
Pradoṣa 16:194:19 PM–18:196:19 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. Somavāra begins.
  2. SiddhaYoga: Śiva ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 09:359:35 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:0712:07 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. AśvinīNakṣatra: Revatī ends.
  6. SunsetDay length 8 h 58 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 18:196:19 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  9. NiśīthaUntil 24:1312:13 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  10. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  11. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  12. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī30:25 06:256:25 AM TueNavamī
NakṣatraRevatī15:583:58 PMAśvinī
YogaŚiva08:268:26 AMSiddha
KaraṇaViṣṭi17:435:43 PMBava
VāraSomavāra31:20 07:207:20 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Pauṣa
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2102
Śaka
1967
Kali
5146
Ahargaṇa
1 879 895
Day length
8 h 58 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Mīna
Moonrise
10:2010:20 AM
Moonset
24:4712:47 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:205:20 AM07:207:20 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:205:20 AM06:206:20 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:505:50 AM07:207:20 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:207:20 AM09:089:08 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day08:288:28 AM09:359:35 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:089:08 AM10:5610:56 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:4210:42 AM11:5011:50 AMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday11:2611:26 AM12:1412:14 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:3211:32 AM12:0712:07 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:0712:07 PM12:4312:43 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon12:4312:43 PM14:312:31 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:5712:57 PM14:042:04 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory13:191:19 PM13:551:55 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra13:191:19 PM15:053:05 PMsixtieths 55 to 58 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta13:551:55 PM14:312:31 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening14:312:31 PM16:194:19 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk16:194:19 PM18:196:19 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset16:194:19 PM16:494:49 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight16:194:19 PM17:495:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight23:2511:25 PM24:1312:13 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
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