Tuesday 20 March 2074 · Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 20:498:49 PM yesterday, and holds until 19:187:18 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
05:445:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:597:59 AM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
11:4811:48 AM
The Sun 43° above S. Day length 12 h 09 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
05:445:44 AM to 29:425:42 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 | 19:187:18 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mūla | 22:5010:50 PM | Pūrvāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 19:207:20 PM | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 07:597:59 AM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 29:42 05:425:42 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:094:09 AM | 05:445:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:094:09 AM | 04:564:56 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:324:32 AM | 05:445:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 05:445:44 AM | 08:098:09 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 07:207:20 AM | 08:538:53 AM | sixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:098:09 AM | 10:3510:35 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:098:09 AM | 08:588:58 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 08:468:46 AM | 10:1710:17 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:2411:24 AM | 12:1212:12 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 11:4811:48 AM | 13:191:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:011:01 PM | 15:273:27 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:491:49 PM | 14:382:38 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 14:502:50 PM | 16:214:21 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:273:27 PM | 17:525:52 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 16:384:38 PM | 18:116:11 PM | sixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:525:52 PM | 19:277:27 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:525:52 PM | 18:166:16 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:525:52 PM | 19:037:03 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 21:179:17 PM | 22:5010:50 PM | sixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 22:3610:36 PM | 23:2311:23 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:2311:23 PM | 24:1112:11 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |