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Tuesday 28 January 1958 · Datong, Shanxi, China

Māgha Śukla Aṣṭamī

Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 21:109:10 PM yesterday, and holds until 23:1311:13 PM.

Observed here on this day

Nothing ruled

No observance falls here under this profile.

At sunrise

07:407:40 AM

Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.

Next boundary

08:108:10 AM

Aśvinī gives way to Bharaṇī.

Noon

12:4012:40 PM

The Sun 32° above S. Day length 9 h 59 m.

AśvinīBharaṇīKṛttikāRohiṇīMṛgaśirāĀrdrāPunarvasuPuṣyaĀśleṣāMaghāPūrva PhalgunīUttara PhalgunīHastaCitrāSvātīViśākhāAnurādhāJyeṣṭhāMūlaPūrvāṣāḍhāUttarāṣāḍhāŚravaṇaDhaniṣṭhāŚatabhiṣāPūrva BhādrapadāUttara BhādrapadāRevatīSunMoonDatong12:4012:40 PM
At noon, 12:4012:40 PM, the Sun is in Śravaṇa and the Moon 91° ahead of it, in Bharaṇī, 51% lit. The red arc is the gap between them; every 12° of it is one tithi, so 91° falls in Śukla Aṣṭamī.

At a glance

Auspicious

  • Brāhma muhūrta05:485:48 AM–06:446:44 AMbefore dawn
  • Prātaḥ sandhyā06:166:16 AM–07:407:40 AMmorning twilight
  • Abhijit12:2012:20 PM–13:001:00 PMthe midday muhūrta
  • Vijaya14:202:20 PM–15:003:00 PMthe muhūrta of victory
  • Godhūli17:405:40 PM–18:086:08 PMcow-dust time, at sunset
  • Sāyaṃ sandhyā17:405:40 PM–19:047:04 PMevening twilight
  • Amṛta kāla29:115:11 AM+1–30:566:56 AM+1a nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra

Avoid

  • Durmuhūrta09:409:40 AM–10:2010:20 AMan ill-timed muhūrta
  • Yamagaṇḍa10:1010:10 AM–11:2511:25 AMYama’s part of the day
  • Gulika12:4012:40 PM–13:551:55 PMGulika’s part of the day
  • Rāhu kāla15:103:10 PM–16:254:25 PMRāhu’s part of the day
  • Varjya18:416:41 PM–20:268:26 PMa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra
  • Durmuhūrta23:1611:16 PM–24:1212:12 AM+1an 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

Roga07:407:40 AM–08:558:55 AMavoid
Udvega08:558:55 AM–10:1010:10 AMavoid
Cara10:1010:10 AM–11:2511:25 AMneutral
Lābha11:2511:25 AM–12:4012:40 PMgood
Amṛta12:4012:40 PM–13:551:55 PMgood
Kāla13:551:55 PM–15:103:10 PMavoid
Śubha15:103:10 PM–16:254:25 PMgood
Roga16:254:25 PM–17:405:40 PMavoid

Night sunset to sunrise

Kāla17:405:40 PM–19:257:25 PMavoid
Lābha19:257:25 PM–21:109:10 PMgood
Udvega21:109:10 PM–22:5510:55 PMavoid
Śubha22:5510:55 PM–24:4012:40 AM+1good
Amṛta24:4012:40 AM+1–26:252:25 AM+1good
Cara26:252:25 AM+1–28:094:09 AM+1neutral
Roga28:094:09 AM+1–29:545:54 AM+1avoid
Kāla29:545:54 AM+1–31:397:39 AM+1avoid

good to begin inavoidedneutral

Sunrise to sunrise

07:407:40 AM to 31:397:39 AM+1

07:407:40 AM sunrise17:405:40 PM sunsetsunrise 31:397:39 AM+1
Clock
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Tithi
Aṣṭamīuntil 23:1311:13 PM
Navamīpast sunrise
Nakṣatra
Aśvinīuntil 08:108:10 AM
Bharaṇīpast sunrise
Yoga
Śubhauntil 24:4012:40 AM+1
Śuklapast sunrise
Karaṇa
Viṣṭiuntil 10:1610:16 AM
Bavauntil 23:1311:13 PM
Bālavapast sunrise
Kāla
Abhijit 12:2012:20 PM–13:001:00 PM
Rāhu kāla 15:103:10 PM–16:254:25 PM
Pradoṣa 17:405:40 PM–19:327:32 PM
Niśītha 24:1612:16 AM+1–25:041:04 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. Maṅgalavāra begins.
  2. BharaṇīNakṣatra: Aśvinī ends.
  3. BavaKaraṇa: Viṣṭi ends.
  4. AbhijitUntil 13:001:00 PM. 8th of 15 day muhūrtas.
  5. Rāhu kālaUntil 16:254:25 PM. Eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra.
  6. SunsetDay length 9 h 59 m.
  7. PradoṣaUntil 19:327:32 PM. 2 muhūrtas after sunset.
  8. NavamīTithi: Aṣṭamī ends.
  9. BālavaKaraṇa: Bava ends.
  10. NiśīthaUntil 25:041:04 AM+1. 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight.
  11. ŚuklaYoga: Śubha ends.
  12. SunriseBudhavāra begins.

The five limbs पञ्चाङ्ग

at sunrise, and what follows

AṅgaAt sunriseUntilThen
TithiŚukla Aṣṭamī23:1311:13 PMNavamī
NakṣatraAśvinī08:108:10 AMBharaṇī
YogaŚubha24:40 00:4012:40 AM WedŚukla
KaraṇaViṣṭi10:1610:16 AMBava
VāraMaṅgalavāra31:39 07:397:39 AM WedBudhavāra

Calendar

Month, amānta
Māgha
Month, pūrṇimānta
Māgha
Pakṣa
Śukla
Vikrama saṃvat
2014
Śaka
1879
Kali
5058
Ahargaṇa
1 847 766
Day length
9 h 59 m
Sun in
Makara
Moon in
Meṣa
Moonrise
11:3711:37 AM
Moonset
25:421:42 AM+1

Windows काल

each with its definition

KālaFromToDefined as
Aruṇodayadawn05:485:48 AM07:407:40 AM2 muhūrtas before sunrise
Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn05:485:48 AM06:446:44 AM2nd-last night muhūrta
Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight06:166:16 AM07:407:40 AMlast 3 thirtieths of the night
Prātaḥkālamorning07:407:40 AM09:409:40 AMfirst 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Saṅgavaforenoon09:409:40 AM11:4011:40 AM4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta09:409:40 AM10:2010:20 AM4th of 15 day muhūrtas
YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day10:1010:10 AM11:2511:25 AMeighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra
Madhyāhnamidday12:1612:16 PM13:041:04 PM1 ghaṭikā either side of midday
Abhijitthe midday muhūrta12:2012:20 PM13:001:00 PM8th of 15 day muhūrtas
GulikaGulika’s part of the day12:4012:40 PM13:551:55 PMeighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra
Aparāhṇaafternoon13:401:40 PM15:403:40 PM10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas
Vijayathe muhūrta of victory14:202:20 PM15:003:00 PM11th of 15 day muhūrtas
Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day15:103:10 PM16:254:25 PMeighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra
Sāyāhnaevening15:403:40 PM17:405:40 PMlast 3 of 15 day muhūrtas
Pradoṣadusk17:405:40 PM19:327:32 PM2 muhūrtas after sunset
Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset17:405:40 PM18:086:08 PMfirst thirtieth of the night
Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight17:405:40 PM19:047:04 PMfirst 3 thirtieths of the night
Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra18:416:41 PM20:268:26 PMsixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra
Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta23:1611:16 PM24:1212:12 AM+17th of 15 night muhūrtas
Niśīthamidnight24:1612:16 AM+125:041:04 AM+11 ghaṭikā either side of midnight
Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra29:115:11 AM+130:566:56 AM+1sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra
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