Tuesday 7 October 2008 · Datong, Shanxi, China
Maṅgalavāra. Aṣṭamī began at 03:523:52 AM, before sunrise, and holds until 30:116:11+1 AM.
Observed here on this day
Aṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna. Determinate. Why this date, here
At sunrise
06:296:29 AM
Aṣṭamī holds at sunrise. It names the day.
Next boundary
09:039:03 AM
Śobhana gives way to Atigaṇḍa.
Noon
12:1512:15 PM
The Sun 44° above S. Day length 11 h 30 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
06:296:29 AM to 30:306:30+1 AM
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 | 30:11 06:116:11 AM Wed | Navamī |
| Nakṣatra | Pūrvāṣāḍhā | 29:28 05:285:28 AM Wed | Uttarāṣāḍhā |
| Yoga | Śobhana | 09:039:03 AM | Atigaṇḍa |
| Karaṇa | Viṣṭi | 17:045:04 PM | Bava |
| Vāra | Maṅgalavāra | 30:30 06:306:30 AM Wed | Budhavāra |
each with its definition
| Kāla | From | To | Defined as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruṇodayadawn | 04:504:50 AM | 06:296:29 AM | 2 muhūrtas before sunrise |
| Brāhma muhūrtabefore dawn | 04:504:50 AM | 05:395:39 AM | 2nd-last night muhūrta |
| Prātaḥ sandhyāmorning twilight | 05:145:14 AM | 06:296:29 AM | last 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Prātaḥkālamorning | 06:296:29 AM | 08:478:47 AM | first 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Saṅgavaforenoon | 08:478:47 AM | 11:0511:05 AM | 4th to 6th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 08:478:47 AM | 09:339:33 AM | 4th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| YamagaṇḍaYama’s part of the day | 09:229:22 AM | 10:4810:48 AM | eighth no. 3 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Madhyāhnamidday | 11:5011:50 AM | 12:3812:38 PM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midday |
| Abhijitthe midday muhūrta | 11:5111:51 AM | 12:3712:37 PM | 8th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| GulikaGulika’s part of the day | 12:1412:14 PM | 13:411:41 PM | eighth no. 5 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Varjyaa stretch to avoid, set by the nakṣatra | 13:221:22 PM | 15:093:09 PM | sixtieths 25 to 28 of the nakṣatra |
| Aparāhṇaafternoon | 13:231:23 PM | 15:413:41 PM | 10th to 12th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Vijayathe muhūrta of victory | 14:092:09 PM | 14:552:55 PM | 11th of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Rāhu kālaRāhu’s part of the day | 15:073:07 PM | 16:334:33 PM | eighth no. 7 on Maṅgalavāra |
| Sāyāhnaevening | 15:413:41 PM | 17:595:59 PM | last 3 of 15 day muhūrtas |
| Pradoṣadusk | 17:595:59 PM | 19:397:39 PM | 2 muhūrtas after sunset |
| Godhūlicow-dust time, at sunset | 17:595:59 PM | 18:246:24 PM | first thirtieth of the night |
| Sāyaṃ sandhyāevening twilight | 17:595:59 PM | 19:147:14 PM | first 3 thirtieths of the night |
| Durmuhūrtaan ill-timed muhūrta | 23:0011:00 PM | 23:5011:50 PM | 7th of 15 night muhūrtas |
| Niśīthamidnight | 23:5111:51 PM | 24:3912:39+1 AM | 1 ghaṭikā either side of midnight |
| Amṛta kālaa nectar stretch, set by the nakṣatra | 24:0612:06+1 AM | 25:531:53+1 AM | sixtieths 49 to 52 of the nakṣatra |