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January 1958 · each Moon as it stands at sunrisePauṣa Śukla to Māgha ŚuklaThe month ›

Monday 13 January 1958 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Pauṣa Kṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī

Somavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 10:5610:56 AM yesterday, and holds until 09:109:10 AM.

Observed here on this day

Bhogi

Kept the day before Pongal. Determinate. Why this date, here

At sunrise

07:497:49 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

07:527:52 AM

Sukarmā gives way to Dhṛti.

Noon

12:3512:35 PM

The Sun 28° above S. Day length 9 h 34 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:3512:35 PM
At noon, 12:3512:35 PM, the Sun is in Uttarāṣāḍhā and the Moon 278° ahead of it, in Svātī, 43% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 278° falls in Kṛṣṇa Navamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:535:53 AM–06:516:51 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:226:22 AM–07:497:49 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:1612:16 PM–12:5512:55 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:112:11 PM–14:492:49 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:225:22 PM–17:515:51 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:225:22 PM–18:496:49 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla26:402:40 AM+1–28:134:13 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Rāhu kāla09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Yamagaṇḍa11:2411:24 AM–12:3612:36 PMYama’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta12:5512:55 PM–13:331:33 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Gulika13:471:47 PM–14:592:59 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Durmuhūrta14:492:49 PM–15:283:28 PMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Varjya17:225:22 PM–18:556:55 PMa 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

Amṛta07:497:49 AM–09:009:00 AMgood
Kāla09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AMavoid
Śubha10:1210:12 AM–11:2411:24 AMgood
Roga11:2411:24 AM–12:3612:36 PMavoid
Udvega12:3612:36 PM–13:471:47 PMavoid
Cara13:471:47 PM–14:592:59 PMneutral
Lābha14:592:59 PM–16:114:11 PMgood
Amṛta16:114:11 PM–17:225:22 PMgood

Night sunset to sunrise

Cara17:225:22 PM–19:117:11 PMneutral
Roga19:117:11 PM–20:598:59 PMavoid
Kāla20:598:59 PM–22:4710:47 PMavoid
Lābha22:4710:47 PM–24:3512:35 AM+1good
Udvega24:3512:35 AM+1–26:242:24 AM+1avoid
Śubha26:242:24 AM+1–28:124:12 AM+1good
Amṛta28:124:12 AM+1–30:006:00 AM+1good
Cara30:006:00 AM+1–31:487:48 AM+1neutral

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:497:49 AM to 31:487:48 AM+1

07:497:49 AM sunrise17:225:22 PM sunsetsunrise 31:487:48 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 09:109:10 AM
Navamīuntil 31:447:44 AM+1
Daśamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Citrāuntil 11:5611:56 AM
Svātīpast sunrise
Yoga
Sukarmāuntil 07:527:52 AM
Dhṛtiuntil 29:285:28 AM+1
Śūlapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Kaulavauntil 09:109:10 AM
Taitilauntil 20:258:25 PM
Garauntil 31:447:44 AM+1
Vaṇijapast sunrise
Kāla
Rāhu kāla 09:009:00 AM–10:1210:12 AM
Abhijit 12:1612:16 PM–12:5512:55 PM
Pradoṣa 17:225:22 PM–19:187:18 PM
Niśītha 24:1112:11 AM+1–24:5912:59 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. DhṛtiYoga: Sukarmā ends.
  3. Rāhu kālaUntil 10:1210:12 AM. Eighth no. 2 on Somavāra.
  4. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  5. TaitilaKaraṇa: Kaulava ends.
  6. SvātīNakṣatra: Citrā ends.
  7. AbhijitUntil 12:5512:55 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  8. SunsetDay length 9 h 34 m.
  9. PradoṣaUntil 19:187:18 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  10. GaraKaraṇa: Taitila ends.
  11. NiśīthaUntil 24:5912:59 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  12. ŚūlaYoga: Dhṛti ends.
  13. DaśamīTithi: Navamī ends.
  14. VaṇijaKaraṇa: Gara ends.
  15. SunriseMaṅgalavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiKṛṣṇa Aṣṭamī09:109:10 AMNavamī
NakṣatraCitrā11:5611:56 AMSvātī
YogaSukarmā07:527:52 AMDhṛti
KaraṇaKaulava09:109:10 AMTaitila
VāraSomavāra31:48 07:487:48 AM TueMaṅgalavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Pauṣa
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Kṛṣṇa
Vikrama saṃvat
2014
Śaka
1879
Kali
5058
Ahargaṇa
1 847 751
Day length
9 h 34 m
Sun in
Dhanu
Moon in
Tulā
Moonrise
26:112:11 AM+1
Moonset
12:0512:05 PM

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:535:53 AM07:497:49 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:535:53 AM06:516:51 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:226:22 AM07:497:49 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:497:49 AM09:439:43 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day09:009:00 AM10:1210:12 AMeighth no. 2 on Somavāra
Saṅgavaforenoon09:439:43 AM11:3811:38 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day11:2411:24 AM12:3612:36 PMeighth no. 4 on Somavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1212:12 PM13:001:00 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:1612:16 PM12:5512:55 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta12:5512:55 PM13:331:33 PM9th of 15 day muhūrtas
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:331:33 PM15:283:28 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day13:471:47 PM14:592:59 PMeighth no. 6 on Somavāra
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:112:11 PM14:492:49 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta14:492:49 PM15:283:28 PM12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Sāyāhnaevening15:283:28 PM17:225:22 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra17:225:22 PM18:556:55 PMsixtieths 15 to 18 of the nakṣatra
Pradoṣadusk17:225:22 PM19:187:18 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:225:22 PM17:515:51 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:225:22 PM18:496:49 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Niśīthamidnight24:1112:11 AM+124:5912:59 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra26:402:40 AM+128:134:13 AM+1sixtieths 39 to 42 of the nakṣatra
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