Tuesday 17 September 1957 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 00:1312:13 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 23:4011:40 PM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa. Determinate. Why this date, here
AlsoMahālakṣmī Vrata Samāpana boundary
At sunrise
06:096:09 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
12:0212:02 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:2112:21 PM
The Sun 52° above S. Day length 12 h 24 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
06:096:09 AM to 30:106:10 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.
at sunrise, and what follows
| Aṅga | At sunrise | Until | Then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī | 23:4011:40 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Mṛgaśirā | 22:4310:43 PM | Ārdrā |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 15:123:12 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 12:0212:02 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:10 06:106:10 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:374:37 AM | 06:096:09 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:374:37 AM | 05:235:23 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:005:00 AM | 06:096:09 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:096:09 AM | 08:388:38 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:388:38 AM | 11:0711:07 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:388:38 AM | 09:289:28 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:159:15 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5611:56 AM | 12:4612:46 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:4512:45 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:2112:21 PM | 13:541:54 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:361:36 PM | 16:044:04 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 13:511:51 PM | 15:283:28 PM | sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:252:25 PM | 15:153:15 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:273:27 PM | 17:005:00 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:044:04 PM | 18:336:33 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 18:336:33 PM | 20:068:06 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 18:336:33 PM | 18:566:56 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 18:336:33 PM | 19:437:43 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:1211:12 PM | 23:5811:58 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5811:58 PM | 24:4612:46 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |