Friday 2 January 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Śukravāra. Aṣṭamī began at 07:427:42 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 29:555:55 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
07:497:49 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
18:516:51 PM
Bālava gives way to Kaulava.
Noon
12:3112:31 PM
The Sun 27° above S. Day length 9 h 22 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
07:497:49 AM to 31:507:50 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 | 29:55 05:555:55 AM Sat | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Hasta | 27:57 03:573:57 AM Sat | Citrā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 19:527:52 PM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Bālava | 18:516:51 PM | Kaulava |
| Vāra | Śukravāra | 31:50 07:507:50 AM Sat | Śanivāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 05:525:52 AM | 07:497:49 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 05:525:52 AM | 06:516:51 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 06:226:22 AM | 07:497:49 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 07:497:49 AM | 09:429:42 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 09:009:00 AM | 10:1010:10 AM | eighth no. 2 on Śukravāra |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 09:429:42 AM | 11:3411:34 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 09:429:42 AM | 10:1910:19 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 11:2011:20 AM | 12:3112:31 PM | eighth no. 4 on Śukravāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0712:07 PM | 12:5512:55 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 12:1212:12 PM | 12:4912:49 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 12:4912:49 PM | 13:271:27 PM | 9th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:041:04 PM | 14:352:35 PM | sixtieths 22 to 25 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:271:27 PM | 15:193:19 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:042:04 PM | 14:422:42 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 14:512:51 PM | 16:014:01 PM | eighth no. 7 on Śukravāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:193:19 PM | 17:125:12 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:125:12 PM | 19:097:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:125:12 PM | 17:415:41 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:125:12 PM | 18:406:40 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 22:1410:14 PM | 23:4511:45 PM | sixtieths 46 to 49 of the nakṣatra |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0712:07 AM+1 | 24:5512:55 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |