Thursday 18 December 1958 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Guruvāra. Aṣṭamī began at 18:546:54 PM yesterday, and holds until 21:009:00 PM.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:447:44 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
07:527:52 AM
Viṣṭi gives way to Bava.
Noon
12:2312:23 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 19 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
07:447:44 AM to 31:447:44 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 | Śukla Aṣṭamī | 21:009:00 PM | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Bhādrapadā | 10:0010:00 AM | Uttara Bhādrapadā |
| Yoga | Vyatīpāta | 30:18 06:186:18 AM Fri | Varīyān |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 07:527:52 AM | Bava |
| Vāra | Guruvāra | 31:44 07:447:44 AM Fri | Śukravāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:465:46 AM | 07:447:44 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:465:46 AM | 06:456:45 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:166:16 AM | 07:447:44 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:447:44 AM | 09:359:35 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 07:447:44 AM | 08:548:54 AM | eighth no. 1 on Guruvāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:359:35 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 10:0310:03 AM | 11:1311:13 AM | eighth no. 3 on Guruvāra |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 10:5010:50 AM | 11:2711:27 AM | 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5911:59 AM | 12:4712:47 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:0512:05 PM | 12:4212:42 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:191:19 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 13:331:33 PM | 14:432:43 PM | eighth no. 6 on Guruvāra |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 13:561:56 PM | 14:342:34 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 14:342:34 PM | 15:113:11 PM | 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:113:11 PM | 17:035:03 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:035:03 PM | 19:007:00 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:035:03 PM | 17:325:32 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:035:03 PM | 18:316:31 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 20:448:44 PM | 22:3110:31 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5911:59 PM | 24:4712:47 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 31:277:27 AM+1 | 33:159:15 AM+1 | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |