123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
September 1955 · each Moon as it stands at sunriseAdhika Bhādrapada Śukla to Bhādrapada ŚuklaThe month ›

Saturday 24 September 1955 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Bhādrapada Śukla Aṣṭamī

Śanivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 22:2210:22 PM yesterday, and holds until 24:5712:57+1 AM.

Observed here on this day

Rādhāṣṭamī

Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

06:156:15 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

11:4111:41 AM

Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.

Noon

12:1912:19 PM

The Sun 50° above S. Day length 12 h 07 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:1912:19 PM
At noon, 12:1912:19 PM, the Sun is in Uttara Phalgunī and the Moon 90° ahead of it, in Mūla, 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 muhūrta04:414:41 AM–05:285:28 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā05:045:04 AM–06:156:15 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit11:5511:55 AM–12:4312:43 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:202:20 PM–15:093:09 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Amṛta kāla17:085:08 PM–18:566:56 PMa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra
  • Godhūli18:226:22 PM–18:466:46 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā18:226:22 PM–19:347:34 PMevening twilight

Avoid

  • Gulika06:156:15 AM–07:467:46 AMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta06:156:15 AM–07:047:04 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya06:186:18 AM–08:068:06 AMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta07:047:04 AM–07:527:52 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Rāhu kāla09:179:17 AM–10:4810:48 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa13:501:50 PM–15:213:21 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Varjya22:3310:33 PM–24:2112:21+1 AMa 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

Kāla06:156:15 AM–07:467:46 AMavoid
Śubha07:467:46 AM–09:179:17 AMgood
Roga09:179:17 AM–10:4810:48 AMavoid
Udvega10:4810:48 AM–12:1912:19 PMavoid
Cara12:1912:19 PM–13:501:50 PMneutral
Lābha13:501:50 PM–15:213:21 PMgood
Amṛta15:213:21 PM–16:524:52 PMgood
Kāla16:524:52 PM–18:226:22 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Lābha18:226:22 PM–19:527:52 PMgood
Udvega19:527:52 PM–21:219:21 PMavoid
Śubha21:219:21 PM–22:5010:50 PMgood
Amṛta22:5010:50 PM–24:1912:19+1 AMgood
Cara24:1912:19+1 AM–25:491:49+1 AMneutral
Roga25:491:49+1 AM–27:183:18+1 AMavoid
Kāla27:183:18+1 AM–28:474:47+1 AMavoid
Lābha28:474:47+1 AM–30:166:16+1 AMgood

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

06:156:15 AM to 30:166:16+1 AM

06:156:15 AM sunrise18:226:22 PM sunsetsunrise 30:166:16+1 AM
Clock
099a1212p153p186p219p2412a273a
Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 24:5712:57+1 AM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Mūlauntil 24:2112:21+1 AM
Pūrvāṣāḍhāpast sunrise
Yoga
Saubhāgyauntil 28:504:50+1 AM
Śobhanapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 11:4111:41 AM
Bavauntil 24:5712:57+1 AM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:179:17 AM–10:4810:48 AM
Abhijit 11:5511:55 AM–12:4312:43 PM
Pradoṣa 18:226:22 PM–19:587:58 PM
Niśītha 23:5511:55 PM–24:4312:43+1 AM

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. Śanivāra begins.
  2. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:4810:48 AM. Eighth no. 3 on Śanivāra.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 12:4312:43 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. SunsetDay length 12 h 07 m.
  6. PradoṣaUntil 19:587:58 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  7. NiśīthaUntil 24:4312:43+1 AM. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  8. PūrvāṣāḍhāNakṣatra: Mūla ends.
  9. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  10. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  11. ŚobhanaYoga: Saubhāgya ends.
  12. SunriseRavivāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī24:57 00:5712:57 AM SunNavamī
NakṣatraMūla24:21 00:2112:21 AM SunPūrvāṣāḍhā
YogaSaubhāgya28:50 04:504:50 AM SunŚobhana
KaraṇaViṣṭi11:4111:41 AMBava
VāraŚanivāra30:16 06:166:16 AM SunRavivāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Bhādrapada
Month, pūrṇimānta
Bhādrapada
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2012
Śaka
1877
Kali
5056
Ahargaṇa
1 846 909
Day length
12 h 07 m
Sun in
Kanyā
Moon in
Dhanu
Moonrise
13:481:48 PM
Moonset
23:2011:20 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn04:414:41 AM06:156:15 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn04:414:41 AM05:285:28 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight05:045:04 AM06:156:15 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning06:156:15 AM08:418:41 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day06:156:15 AM07:467:46 AMeighth no. 1 on Śanivāra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta06:156:15 AM07:047:04 AM1st of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra06:186:18 AM08:068:06 AMsixtieths 21 to 24 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta07:047:04 AM07:527:52 AM2nd of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon08:418:41 AM11:0611:06 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:179:17 AM10:4810:48 AMeighth no. 3 on Śanivāra
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Madhyāhnamidday11:5511:55 AM12:4312:43 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:321:32 PM15:573:57 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day13:501:50 PM15:213:21 PMeighth no. 6 on Śanivāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:202:20 PM15:093:09 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:573:57 PM18:226:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra17:085:08 PM18:566:56 PMsixtieths 45 to 48 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk18:226:22 PM19:587:58 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset18:226:22 PM18:466:46 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight18:226:22 PM19:347:34 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra22:3310:33 PM24:2112:21+1 AMsixtieths 57 to 60 of the nakṣatra
Niśīthamidnight23:5511:55 PM24:4312:43+1 AM1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
This page as JSON · Markdown · ICS
Profile
pac-rp@2026.1 · upper limb, 31′ + 16′
Ayanāṃśa
lahiri-iae1985 · 23°14′36″
Engine · ruleset
0.1.0 · 2026.3-draft
Place
40°06′ N 113°17′ E · GeoNames 2037799
‹ Fri 23 SepTodaySun 25 Sep ›