Sunday 14 June 1959 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Ravivāra. Aṣṭamī began at 01:521:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 24:4412:44 AM+1.
Observed here on this day
No observance falls here under this profile.
At sunrise
04:574:57 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:009:00 AM
Pūrva Phalgunī gives way to Uttara Phalgunī.
Noon
12:2712:27 PM
The Sun 73° above S. Day length 14 h 59 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
04:574:57 AM to 28:574:57 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 | 24:44 00:4412:44 AM Mon | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrva Phalgunī | 09:009:00 AM | Uttara Phalgunī |
| Yoga | Siddhi | 21:439:43 PM | Vyatīpāta |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 13:231:23 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Ravivāra | 28:57 04:574:57 AM Mon | Somavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:574:57 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 03:453:45 AM | 04:214:21 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 04:034:03 AM | 04:574:57 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 04:574:57 AM | 07:577:57 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 07:577:57 AM | 10:5710:57 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5711:57 AM | 12:5712:57 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 12:0312:03 PM | 12:5112:51 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 12:2712:27 PM | 14:192:19 PM | eighth no. 5 on Ravivāra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:571:57 PM | 16:574:57 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:572:57 PM | 15:573:57 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 16:014:01 PM | 17:355:35 PM | sixtieths 19 to 22 of the nakṣatra |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 16:124:12 PM | 18:046:04 PM | eighth no. 7 on Ravivāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 16:574:57 PM | 19:567:56 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 17:575:57 PM | 18:566:56 PM | 14th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 18:046:04 PM | 19:567:56 PM | eighth no. 8 on Ravivāra |
| Pradoṣadusk | 19:567:56 PM | 21:099:09 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 19:567:56 PM | 20:148:14 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 19:567:56 PM | 20:508:50 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Niśīthamidnight | 24:0312:03 AM+1 | 24:5112:51 AM+1 | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 25:241:24 AM+1 | 26:572:57 AM+1 | sixtieths 43 to 46 of the nakṣatra |